Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
10.6% of young men in Alirajpur read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 34.7% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 38% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Alirajpur, which ranks 25 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 66.1%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 5.2%, women using the internet at 21% and higher-education enrolment at 9.1%.