Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
44.3% of young men in Mehsana read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 59.7% 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 17% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mehsana, which ranks 4 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 19.3% and higher-education enrolment at 37%. On women using the internet at 29.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.1%, it sits close to the national mark.