Pillar: Economic Participation
Ghazipur has 15,523 manufacturing MSMEs. 32.5% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ghazipur, which ranks 31 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹74,294.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Ghazipur are in the Ghazipur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ghazipur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.