Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Gajapati disburses ₹18,746 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 572.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 24% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gajapati, which ranks 19 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.7%, self-employed workers at 59.5% and women-owned enterprises at 15.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Gajapati are in the Gajapati district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gajapati youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.