A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Chandauli disburses ₹29,926 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 290.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chandauli, which ranks 31 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2%, self-employed workers at 54.5%, women-owned enterprises at 21% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.6%, it sits close to the national mark.