Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
3.2% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 27.4% use the internet, behind the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anuppur, which ranks 8 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 11.1% and young men using the internet at 51.9%.