Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bilaspur has 12,296 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,57,631, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bilaspur, which ranks 4 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.1%. The district has 52,968 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Bilaspur are in the Bilaspur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bilaspur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.