Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sundargarh has 10,461 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,16,201, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.6%. The district has 50,178 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Sundargarh are in the Sundargarh district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Sundargarh youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.