Pillar: Economic Participation
Chandrapur has 23,706 manufacturing MSMEs. 49.2% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chandrapur, which ranks 17 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.9%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,23,326.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Chandrapur are in the Chandrapur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chandrapur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.