Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chhatarpur has 6,960 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,25,377, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 50% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chhatarpur, which ranks 36 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4%. The district has 29,304 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Chhatarpur are in the Chhatarpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chhatarpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.