Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Rayagada disburses ₹25,587 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 453.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
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 young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 69.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.6%, self-employed workers at 58.6% and women-owned enterprises at 24.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.