Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Pandhurna disburses ₹31,606 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 752.4 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pandhurna, which ranks 10 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.4% and self-employed workers at 60%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Pandhurna are in the Pandhurna district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pandhurna youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.