Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Pondicherry has 1.5 public libraries per 10 lakh population, behind the typical district. 14.7% of women read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 60.5% use the internet, better than the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pondicherry, which ranks 1 of 2 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 40.7% and young men using the internet at 82.7%.