Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Uttar Dinajpur has 11,333 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,04,785, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.7%. The district has 51,597 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.