Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
11% of young men in Golaghat read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 25.9% 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Golaghat, which ranks 9 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.5%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 3.9%, women using the internet at 19.5% and higher-education enrolment at 12.2%.