Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Thoothukudi has 68,231 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,46,561, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 35% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Thoothukudi, which ranks 21 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 68.9% and bank branches per lakh people at 16.5.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Thoothukudi are in the Thoothukudi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Thoothukudi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.