Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Jalpaiguri has 49,688 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,44,530, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 3% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Jalpaiguri, which ranks 8 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.9 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 56.9% and bank branches per lakh people at 11.3, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Jalpaiguri are in the Jalpaiguri district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Jalpaiguri youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.