Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
54.4% of young men in Gandhinagar read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 52.1% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gandhinagar, which ranks 10 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 19.2% and higher-education enrolment at 41.8%, while it lags on women using the internet at 27.5%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.6%, it sits close to the national mark.