An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Birbhum has 19,140 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹83,448, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Birbhum, which ranks 22 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40 out of 100. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.6%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 53,379 registered service enterprises.