MY Bharat / NYKS in Lepa Rada, Arunachal Pradesh

Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.

Lepa Rada, Arunachal Pradesh · Pillar: Agency & Engagement

1.7% of young men in Lepa Rada read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 68.2% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.

  • 1.7% India 27.4%
  • 68.2% India 57.7%

Youth opportunity in Lepa Rada

72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).

In Lepa Rada, which ranks 19 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 41.9% and higher-education enrolment at 58.9%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 3.6%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.