Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.7% of Madurai's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 44,847 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 12% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Madurai, which ranks 12 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,02,209 and formal-sector jobs at 20.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Madurai are in the Madurai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Madurai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.