Pillar: Economic Participation
Nagapattinam has 7,592 manufacturing MSMEs. 61.9% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 14% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nagapattinam, which ranks 28 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,47,434, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.9%.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Nagapattinam are in the Nagapattinam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nagapattinam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.