Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
9.3% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 66.8% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, which ranks 12 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men using the internet at 82.4%. On young men who read a newspaper regularly at 27.1%, it sits close to the national mark.