Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Thoothukudi has 22,033 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,46,561, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.4%. The district has 68,231 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.