Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kanyakumari has 74,831 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,62,612, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 28% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kanyakumari, which ranks 7 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 69.8% and bank branches per lakh people at 17.9.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kanyakumari are in the Kanyakumari district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kanyakumari youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.