Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
12.5% of Chennai's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 82,286 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 94% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chennai, which ranks 2 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 62.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,95,317 and formal-sector jobs at 47.5%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Chennai are in the Chennai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chennai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.