Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kalahandi has 28,057 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹99,971, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 3% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kalahandi, which ranks 27 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.4 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 65.8% and bank branches per lakh people at 10.6, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kalahandi are in the Kalahandi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kalahandi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.