A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Chamarajanagar has 5,403 manufacturing MSMEs. 40.5% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chamarajanagar, which ranks 19 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 out of 100. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,42,097, it sits close to the national mark.