A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
2.9% of Dakshin Dinajpur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 6,829 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dakshin Dinajpur, which ranks 15 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹92,089 and formal-sector jobs at 3.7%.