Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
3.8% of South 24 Parganas's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 52,266 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In South 24 Parganas, which ranks 13 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.9 out of 100. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,32,766 and formal-sector jobs at 8.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in South 24 Parganas are in the South 24 Parganas district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the South 24 Parganas youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.