Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dakshin Dinajpur has 23,733 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹92,089, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 2% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dakshin Dinajpur, which ranks 16 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43 out of 100. It trails the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 8. On credit going to productive use at 65%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dakshin Dinajpur are in the Dakshin Dinajpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dakshin Dinajpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.