Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
18.5% of women read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 36.2% use the internet, better than the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bokaro, which ranks 3 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 37.7% and young men using the internet at 64.4%.