Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
5% of Dhanbad's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 14,950 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
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 runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 10.7%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,49,157, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate 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.