Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
67% of young men in Malappuram read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 65.1% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Malappuram, which ranks 12 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 45.8%, women using the internet at 57.2% and higher-education enrolment at 51.7%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 32.7%.