Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.5% of Khandwa's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 5,941 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% 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 42% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Khandwa, which ranks 29 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,95,197, while it lags on formal-sector jobs at 4.3%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Khandwa are in the Khandwa district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Khandwa youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.