Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Surajpur has 10,672 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹91,104, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 19% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Surajpur, which ranks 31 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 43.1% and bank branches per lakh people at 9.2.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Surajpur are in the Surajpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Surajpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.