Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
5.4% of Nainital's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 8,280 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 37% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nainital, which ranks 1 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,99,477 and formal-sector jobs at 14.3%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Nainital are in the Nainital district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nainital youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.