Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dharmapuri has 65,657 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,72,491, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 29% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dharmapuri, which ranks 18 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 77.9%. On bank branches per lakh people at 11.3, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dharmapuri are in the Dharmapuri district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dharmapuri youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.