Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
8.3% of Durg's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 13,429 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 29% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Durg, which ranks 2 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,57,937 and formal-sector jobs at 13.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Durg are in the Durg district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Durg youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.