Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
11.4% of young men in Sonitpur read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 50% 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sonitpur, which ranks 20 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 34.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.8%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 4.9% and higher-education enrolment at 14.8%.