Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Pulwama has 6.3 public libraries per 10 lakh population, better than the typical district. 7.3% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 32.7% use the internet, close to the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 38% and young men using the internet at 75.5%.