Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bankura disburses ₹17,279 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 114.4 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 3% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bankura, which ranks 17 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.8%, self-employed workers at 55.4% and women-owned enterprises at 17.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Bankura are in the Bankura district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bankura youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.