Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
2.3% of Nilgiris's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 10,532 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nilgiris, which ranks 20 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,19,270 and formal-sector jobs at 28.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Nilgiris are in the Nilgiris district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nilgiris youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.