Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
11.4% of women read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 42.3% use the internet, better than the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Peren, which ranks 8 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 10.2%. On young men using the internet at 57.9%, it sits close to the national mark.