Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Purba Bardhaman has 79,008 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹88,501, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Purba Bardhaman, which ranks 10 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 7. On credit going to productive use at 67.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Purba Bardhaman are in the Purba Bardhaman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Purba Bardhaman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.