Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Balangir disburses ₹37,177 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 147.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Balangir, which ranks 13 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.5%, self-employed workers at 60.8% and women-owned enterprises at 26.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Balangir are in the Balangir district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Balangir youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.