Pillar: Agency & Engagement
2% of young men in Nicobar read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 13.3% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 92% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nicobar, which ranks 3 of 3 in Andaman and Nicobar Island for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 61.6% and higher-education enrolment at 22.6%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 4.1% and women using the internet at 14.6%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Nicobar are in the Nicobar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nicobar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.