Pillar: Agency & Engagement
11.4% of young men in Sakti read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 54.1% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sakti, which ranks 24 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 13.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.3%, while it lags on women using the internet at 25% and higher-education enrolment at 3.3%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Sakti are in the Sakti district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Sakti youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.