Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bhandara has 40,430 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,59,744, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
63% of registered enterprises are in services while 37% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bhandara, which ranks 20 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 54.4%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.3, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bhandara are in the Bhandara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bhandara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.