Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kallakurichi has 30,338 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,19,432, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 85% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 23% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kallakurichi, which ranks 38 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 80.2%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.8, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kallakurichi are in the Kallakurichi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kallakurichi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.