Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sivaganga disburses ₹40,788 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 202.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 79% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sivaganga, which ranks 17 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 34.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.7%, women-owned enterprises at 21.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Sivaganga are in the Sivaganga district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Sivaganga youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.