Youth in Uttar Pradesh: economy, jobs, education, and skills

Uttar Pradesh has a population of about 23.81 crore across 75 districts, with roughly 7.07 crore young people aged 15 to 29.

In Uttar Pradesh, labour force participation is 57.5% and unemployment is 3.0%.

13.7% of working young people hold regular jobs, 69.9% are self-employed, 16.5% work in casual employment.

By sector, agriculture employs 48.4% of the workforce, construction 7.1%, apparel and textiles 6.4%.

Per capita income is Rs 47,808 per year; there are 156 registered MSMEs per 10,000 residents; manufacturing accounts for 23.9% of those MSMEs and services for 76.1%.

MSMEs employ around 97.4 lakh workers in Uttar Pradesh; the EPFO-covered formal sector accounts for about 4% of the labour force, across 51,611 registered establishments.

In the Class 10 National Achievement Survey 2021, students in Uttar Pradesh averaged 32.0% (34.4% in English, 29.5% in mathematics); secondary enrolment in classes 9 to 12 is 46.5%.

Government-funded short skill courses under PMKVY in Uttar Pradesh most often train young people as Traditional Hand Embroiderer, Solar LED Technician, Multi Skill Technician (Electrical).

The most-taken Industrial Training Institute (ITI) trades by admission are Electrician (NSQF), Fitter (NSQF), Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (NSQF).

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Districts in Uttar Pradesh