Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Maihar has 502 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹98,938, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Maihar, which ranks 34 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.5%. The district has 2,761 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Maihar are in the Maihar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Maihar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.