Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dindigul has 84,300 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,46,576, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 27% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dindigul, which ranks 33 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 14.7. On credit going to productive use at 65.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dindigul are in the Dindigul district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dindigul youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.