Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
13.5% of young men in Jharsuguda read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 56.9% 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jharsuguda, which ranks 2 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 36.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 59.8%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 7.7% and higher-education enrolment at 9.9%.