Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kanchipuram disburses ₹1,53,101 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 277.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 98% 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 64 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 20.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.1%, women-owned enterprises at 27.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kanchipuram are in the Kanchipuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kanchipuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.