Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
10.7% of women read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 39.8% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Seraikela Kharsawan, which ranks 4 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men using the internet at 64.3%. On young men who read a newspaper regularly at 27.3%, it sits close to the national mark.