Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sundargarh disburses ₹35,325 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 107.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
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 self-employed workers at 47.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.8%, women-owned enterprises at 40.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.