Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
1.9% of young men in West Jaintia Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 22.3% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Jaintia Hills, which ranks 5 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 14.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7%, while it lags on women using the internet at 25.6%. On higher-education enrolment at 18.6%, it sits close to the national mark.