Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Tenkasi has 15,044 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹93,184, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 29% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Tenkasi, which ranks 37 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.8%. The district has 38,423 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Tenkasi are in the Tenkasi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Tenkasi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.