Pillar: Connectivity
Bandipore has 9.3 public libraries per 10 lakh population, better than the typical district. 10.4% of women read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 18.4% use the internet, behind the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bandipore, which ranks 15 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. On young men who read a newspaper regularly at 27.8% and young men using the internet at 52.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Public Library in Bandipore are in the Bandipore district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bandipore youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.