Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
22.3% of young men in Mokokchung read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 62.4% 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.
60% of registered enterprises are in services while 40% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 33% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mokokchung, which ranks 6 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.1%, women using the internet at 51.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.4%, while it lags on higher-education enrolment at 7.7%.