Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Pithoragarh disburses ₹30,394 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 651.7 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 24% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Pithoragarh, which ranks 5 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.2%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 77.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96% and women-owned enterprises at 7.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Pithoragarh are in the Pithoragarh district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pithoragarh youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.