Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
79.3% of young men in Kottayam read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 67.3% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 88% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kottayam, which ranks 3 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 66.7%, women using the internet at 53.8% and higher-education enrolment at 75.6%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.2%.