Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ashoknagar has 7,346 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,08,976, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 18,082 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.