Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
40.2% of young men in Porbandar read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 68.4% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Porbandar, which ranks 16 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 18.1%, women using the internet at 39.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.9%. On higher-education enrolment at 18.4%, it sits close to the national mark.