Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
36.8% of young men in Hamirpur read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 72.2% 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 99% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hamirpur, which ranks 4 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 29.9%, women using the internet at 60.4%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 72.5% and higher-education enrolment at 62.4%.