Pillar: Agency & Engagement
20.9% of young men in Bhavnagar read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 51.1% 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 25% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bhavnagar, which ranks 19 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 13.8%. On women using the internet at 28.8%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.2% and higher-education enrolment at 19.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Bhavnagar are in the Bhavnagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bhavnagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.