Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Harda has 3,143 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,80,378, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 60% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Harda, which ranks 26 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.3%. The district has 14,717 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Harda are in the Harda district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Harda youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.