A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dantewada has 1,062 manufacturing MSMEs. 56% 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dantewada, which ranks 3 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,78,444, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.9%.