Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
43.8% of young men in Bhagalpur read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 57.4% use the internet, close to the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bhagalpur, which ranks 3 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.5%, women using the internet at 34.7% and higher-education enrolment at 22.8%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35.9%.