The Block Development Office sits between district and panchayat, covering 50 to 150 villages in Gram Panchayats.
100% of gram panchayats in Khordha are BharatNet service-ready, close to the typical district. Core road density stands at 0.7 /sq km, better than the typical district. Small business loans disbursed run at ₹1,02,644 per lakh population. The Panchayat and Block Development Office runs rural governance and livelihood schemes across this infrastructure.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Khordha, which ranks 1 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59 out of 100. On jobs created through enterprise-credit schemes at 2,104 and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 1,55,119 registered enterprises.