Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Purulia has 29,127 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹83,078, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 25% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Purulia, which ranks 22 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 55.3% and bank branches per lakh people at 6.4.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Purulia are in the Purulia district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Purulia youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.