Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
2% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 28.3% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 3.7% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 43% of the population of that age.
In Pakur, which ranks 24 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 12.6%, against 27.4% nationally and young men using the internet at 43.8%, against 57.7% nationally.