Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Dhanbad has 0.3 public libraries per 10 lakh population, behind the typical district. 11.3% of women read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 41.1% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhanbad, which ranks 5 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 44.7% and young men using the internet at 65.9%.