Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
5.5% of Dhamtari's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 4,960 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
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. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,01,466 and formal-sector jobs at 2.6%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate 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.