Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Surguja has 3,805 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,43,706, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.3%. The district has 19,285 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.