Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dhamtari has 16,967 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,01,466, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 27% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dhamtari, which ranks 8 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.3 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 64.3% and bank branches per lakh people at 10.8, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dhamtari are in the Dhamtari district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dhamtari youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.