Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
36% of young men in Kanchipuram read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 77.6% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kanchipuram, which ranks 1 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 63.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 21.7%, women using the internet at 39.4%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 61.6% and higher-education enrolment at 68.8%.