Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
71.3% of young men in Kannur read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 88.2% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kannur, which ranks 7 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 67.9%, women using the internet at 62.1% and higher-education enrolment at 30.1%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 34.6%.