Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Rayagada has 15,704 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,06,075, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Rayagada, which ranks 7 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 12.3. On credit going to productive use at 61.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Rayagada are in the Rayagada district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Rayagada youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.