An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
22.2% of workers in Pakyong are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 1.5% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 68% of the population of that age.
In Pakyong, which ranks 1 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.8%, against 59.3% nationally, value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,58,112, against ₹1,43,689 nationally and households in the poorest wealth group at 1.4%, against 17.3% nationally.