Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dhanbad has 67,296 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,49,157, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 10% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dhanbad, which ranks 5 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 52.5%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.7, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dhanbad are in the Dhanbad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dhanbad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.