Pillar: Agency & Engagement
19.3% of young men in Tirupathur read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 67.3% 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.
64% of registered enterprises are in services while 36% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tirupathur, which ranks 24 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 44.7%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 6.4%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.2% and higher-education enrolment at 18.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Tirupathur are in the Tirupathur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Tirupathur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.