Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Narayanpur disburses ₹12,020 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 214.8 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.
87% of registered enterprises are in services while 13% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Narayanpur, which ranks 15 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 67.1%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 81.4% and self-employed workers at 72.8%. On women-owned enterprises at 19.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Narayanpur are in the Narayanpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Narayanpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.