Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
8.7% of young men in West Garo Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 60.2% 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Garo Hills, which ranks 2 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 42.4%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7% and higher-education enrolment at 25.6%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 9%.