Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dhenkanal has 29,573 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,34,875, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 28% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dhenkanal, which ranks 22 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 12.7. On credit going to productive use at 65.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dhenkanal are in the Dhenkanal district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dhenkanal youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.