Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dhamtari disburses ₹20,757 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 145.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
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 runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 86.7%, self-employed workers at 63.2% and women-owned enterprises at 22.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.