Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Latehar has 9,341 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,25,712, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Latehar, which ranks 13 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 7. On credit going to productive use at 64.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Latehar are in the Latehar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Latehar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.