An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Latehar has 2,265 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,25,712, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Latehar, which ranks 17 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.4%. The district has 9,341 registered service enterprises.