Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Bathinda has 0.6 public libraries per 10 lakh population, behind the typical district. 13.7% of women read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 22.8% use the internet, behind the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 90% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bathinda, which ranks 13 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 13.4%. On young men using the internet at 58.4%, it sits close to the national mark.