A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kalahandi has 6,828 manufacturing MSMEs. 47.5% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kalahandi, which ranks 27 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹99,971. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.3%, it sits close to the national mark.