Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Burhanpur disburses ₹14,006 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 148.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Burhanpur, which ranks 40 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 58.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2%, self-employed workers at 56% and women-owned enterprises at 32.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Burhanpur are in the Burhanpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Burhanpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.