Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kannauj disburses ₹13,178 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 216.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind 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 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 67% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kannauj, which ranks 64 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 75.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.2%, women-owned enterprises at 22% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kannauj are in the Kannauj district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kannauj youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.