Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Virudhunagar has 63,302 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,48,550, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
63% of registered enterprises are in services while 37% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Virudhunagar, which ranks 26 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 71.7% and bank branches per lakh people at 13.7.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Virudhunagar are in the Virudhunagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Virudhunagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.