Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sambalpur has 7,079 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,01,530, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.9%. The district has 28,609 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.