Pillar: Economic Participation
Tikamgarh has 4,510 manufacturing MSMEs. 60.7% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 62% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Tikamgarh, which ranks 16 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,33,174, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Tikamgarh are in the Tikamgarh district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Tikamgarh youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.