An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Cooch Behar has 15,755 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,53,705, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Cooch Behar, which ranks 13 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.4%. The district has 46,540 registered service enterprises.