Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
20.3% of young men in Chandel read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 74% 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.
57% of registered enterprises are in services while 43% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chandel, which ranks 11 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 42.4%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 6.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 34.6%. On higher-education enrolment at 21.1%, it sits close to the national mark.