Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
1.9% of Nagapattinam's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 7,592 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,47,434 and formal-sector jobs at 13.9%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate 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.