Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Hooghly has 30,222 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,16,986, behind 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 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 16% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Hooghly, which ranks 11 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.4%. The district has 91,268 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Hooghly are in the Hooghly district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Hooghly youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.