Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
2.9% of Thanjavur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 24,059 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 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. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,70,182 and formal-sector jobs at 10.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate 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.