Pillar: Agency & Engagement
21.4% of young men in Pandhurna read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 63.6% 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 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pandhurna, which ranks 10 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.9% and higher-education enrolment at 27.1%, while it lags on women using the internet at 21.4%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 11.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Pandhurna are in the Pandhurna district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pandhurna youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.