Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4% of Perambalur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 4,718 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 10% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Perambalur, which ranks 29 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,31,108 and formal-sector jobs at 13.9%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Perambalur are in the Perambalur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Perambalur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.