A residential school in backward blocks for SC, ST, OBC, minority and BPL girls; tuition, hostel and meals at no cost.
In Bidar, 15.7% of girls aged 15 to 21 are out of education, better than the typical district. 95.8% of schools have a functional girls' toilet. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya exists to pull girls back into schooling and keep them there with residential support.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 3.7% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 62% of the population of that age.
In Bidar, which ranks 22 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who own a house at 73%, against 46% nationally, while it lags on women's freedom of movement at 33.1%, against 40.8% nationally. On secondary school enrolment in classes 9 to 12 at 61.6%, it sits close to the national mark.