Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
16.2% of young men in Chhota Udepur read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 36.7% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chhota Udepur, which ranks 22 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.1%, while it lags on women using the internet at 13.1% and higher-education enrolment at 10.9%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 11.1%, it sits close to the national mark.