Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Jhabua has 19,175 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,22,255, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% 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 34% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Jhabua, which ranks 47 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 6.5. On credit going to productive use at 58.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Jhabua are in the Jhabua district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Jhabua youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.