Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
33% of young men in Nalanda read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 39.2% 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nalanda, which ranks 2 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 32.8%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 4.8%, women using the internet at 21.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.9%.