Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
2.4% of Cooch Behar's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 15,755 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 21.7%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,53,705, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate 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.