Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
2.7% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 14% 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.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kiphire, which ranks 17 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 10.7% and young men using the internet at 46.5%.