Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Mandla has 16,948 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹96,305, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 64% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mandla, which ranks 6 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 55.6% and bank branches per lakh people at 7.3.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Mandla are in the Mandla district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mandla youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.