Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Korba has 5,189 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹74,129, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 46% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Korba, which ranks 7 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.6%. The district has 28,325 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Korba are in the Korba district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Korba youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.