Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
3% of Ashoknagar's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, close to the typical district. The district has 7,346 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ashoknagar, which ranks 46 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,08,976 and formal-sector jobs at 2.4%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Ashoknagar are in the Ashoknagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ashoknagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.