Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Darjeeling has 9,033 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,42,346, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
86% of registered enterprises are in services while 14% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Darjeeling, which ranks 3 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.6%. The district has 53,377 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Darjeeling are in the Darjeeling district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Darjeeling youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.