Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
18.6% of young men in Kamrup Metropolitan read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 74.4% 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 14% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kamrup Metropolitan, which ranks 1 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 47.7% and higher-education enrolment at 79.2%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 12.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.8%, it sits close to the national mark.