Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
43.6% of young men in Rajkot read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 67.5% 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.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rajkot, which ranks 8 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 24.7%, women using the internet at 42.6%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.5% and higher-education enrolment at 33.8%.