Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dindigul has 28,938 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,46,576, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.8%. The district has 84,300 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.