Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Uttar Dinajpur has 51,597 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,04,785, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 9% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Uttar Dinajpur, which ranks 21 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 73%, while it lags on bank branches per lakh people at 7.1.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Uttar Dinajpur are in the Uttar Dinajpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Uttar Dinajpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.