Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sheopur disburses ₹8,247 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 254.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 35% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 10% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Sheopur, which ranks 52 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 78%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.3%, women-owned enterprises at 23.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 48.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Sheopur are in the Sheopur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Sheopur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.