Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
15.4% of young men in Ganjam read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 65.2% use the internet, better than 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. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ganjam, which ranks 19 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 7.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.5%. On women using the internet at 28.9% and higher-education enrolment at 21.8%, it sits close to the national mark.