Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
28% of young men in Kangra read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 62.7% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 93% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kangra, which ranks 8 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 18.2%, women using the internet at 47% and higher-education enrolment at 44.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41%.