Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bageshwar disburses ₹22,001 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 676.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bageshwar, which ranks 13 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.6 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.6%, self-employed workers at 54.3%, women-owned enterprises at 4.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Bageshwar are in the Bageshwar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bageshwar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.