Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Surguja has 19,285 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,43,706, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 9% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Surguja, which ranks 19 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 53.5%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.2, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Surguja are in the Surguja district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Surguja youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.