Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
28.3% of young men in Pakyong 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pakyong, which ranks 1 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59 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 31%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.4%, it sits close to the national mark.