Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
38% of young men in Pulwama read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 75.5% 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pulwama, which ranks 2 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 24.7%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 7.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.3%. On women using the internet at 32.7%, it sits close to the national mark.