Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
14.8% of young men in Tamenglong read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 59.8% use the internet, close to the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
52% of registered enterprises are in services while 48% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tamenglong, which ranks 8 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 34.6% and higher-education enrolment at 4.3%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 10.7% and women using the internet at 30.9%, it sits close to the national mark.