Pillar: Agency & Engagement
16.5% of young men in Kanker read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 35.1% 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 33% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kanker, which ranks 20 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 16.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 67.4%, while it lags on higher-education enrolment at 9.2%. On women using the internet at 30.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Kanker are in the Kanker district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kanker youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.