Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Katni has 5,399 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹77,082, behind 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 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 35% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Katni, which ranks 23 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.4%. The district has 25,452 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Katni are in the Katni district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Katni youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.