Pillar: Economic Participation
Thanjavur has 24,059 manufacturing MSMEs. 59.3% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 19% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Thanjavur, which ranks 22 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,70,182, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.9%.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Thanjavur are in the Thanjavur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Thanjavur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.