Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
21.9% of young men in Puri read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 61.7% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Puri, which ranks 6 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 43.5% and higher-education enrolment at 22.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 39.8%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 11%, it sits close to the national mark.