Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sambalpur has 28,609 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,01,530, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% 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 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Sambalpur, which ranks 5 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 22.3. On credit going to productive use at 58%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Sambalpur are in the Sambalpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Sambalpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.