Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kendujhar has 42,370 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹88,986, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 12% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kendujhar, which ranks 23 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 71.5% and bank branches per lakh people at 12.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kendujhar are in the Kendujhar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kendujhar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.