Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.7% of North 24 Parganas's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 68,892 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% 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 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In North 24 Parganas, which ranks 4 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 13.8%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,23,544.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in North 24 Parganas are in the North 24 Parganas district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the North 24 Parganas youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.