Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bastar has 2,995 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,44,975, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bastar, which ranks 16 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.3%. The district has 16,315 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Bastar are in the Bastar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bastar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.