An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
2.4% of workers in Kanchipuram are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kanchipuram, which ranks 1 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 63.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 18.7%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,01,920 and households in the poorest wealth group at 4%.