Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
18.4% of young men in Sundargarh read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 41.8% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 12.8%, while it lags on higher-education enrolment at 17.6%. On women using the internet at 30.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51%, it sits close to the national mark.