Pillar: Economic Participation
Chitradurga has 9,273 manufacturing MSMEs. 46.4% 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 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 46% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chitradurga, which ranks 29 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.2%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,30,493, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Chitradurga are in the Chitradurga district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chitradurga youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.