A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Katihar has 12,554 manufacturing MSMEs. 34.6% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Katihar, which ranks 35 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.9%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,48,914, it sits close to the national mark.