A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
3.9% of Chandrapur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 23,706 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chandrapur, which ranks 15 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 10.3%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,23,326.