Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kendujhar disburses ₹28,192 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 81.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
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 young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 58.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9%, self-employed workers at 58.8% and women-owned enterprises at 18.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.