Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Birbhum disburses ₹39,173 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 106.7 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 14% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Birbhum, which ranks 23 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6%, women-owned enterprises at 41.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Birbhum are in the Birbhum district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Birbhum youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.