Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
12.1% of women read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 26.9% 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.
57% of registered enterprises are in services while 43% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ganderbal, which ranks 1 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 40%. On young men using the internet at 61.3%, it sits close to the national mark.