Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
52.1% of young men in Bilaspur read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 64.8% 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 98% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bilaspur, which ranks 5 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.6%, women using the internet at 40.1%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 68.8% and higher-education enrolment at 31%.