Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
9.2% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 66.4% 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 99% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ludhiana, which ranks 2 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young men using the internet at 86.2%, while it lags on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 14.6%.