Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Ratlam has 0.6 public libraries per 10 lakh population, behind the typical district. 10% of women read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 23.2% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ratlam, which ranks 19 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 32.2% and young men using the internet at 64.7%.