Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
3.8% of Paschim Medinipur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 24,813 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 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Paschim Medinipur, which ranks 15 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,02,732 and formal-sector jobs at 7.1%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Paschim Medinipur are in the Paschim Medinipur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Paschim Medinipur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.