Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
36.2% of young men in Gaya read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 38.5% 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 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gaya, which ranks 6 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 5.3%, women using the internet at 25.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35.2%. On higher-education enrolment at 21.9%, it sits close to the national mark.