Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
34.7% of young men in Khordha read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 69.1% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Khordha, which ranks 1 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 16%, women using the internet at 48.1% and higher-education enrolment at 88.8%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45%, it sits close to the national mark.