Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Cooch Behar has 46,540 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,53,705, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% 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 21% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Cooch Behar, which ranks 12 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 68.2% and bank branches per lakh people at 10, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Cooch Behar are in the Cooch Behar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Cooch Behar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.