Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
28.3% of young men in Gangtok read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 85.4% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gangtok, which ranks 2 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 26.2%, women using the internet at 83.8% and higher-education enrolment at 50.2%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.4%, it sits close to the national mark.