Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
3.2% of Ganjam's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, close to the typical district. The district has 27,415 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ganjam, which ranks 18 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹70,503 and formal-sector jobs at 5.1%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Ganjam are in the Ganjam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ganjam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.