A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Surajpur disburses ₹10,781 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 363.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Surajpur, which ranks 30 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 68.4%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 77.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.3% and women-owned enterprises at 7.7%, it sits close to the national mark.