Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kondagaon disburses ₹11,242 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 116.9 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 32% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kondagaon, which ranks 26 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 67.4%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 83.7% and self-employed workers at 80.5%. On women-owned enterprises at 17.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kondagaon are in the Kondagaon district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kondagaon youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.