Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
5.4% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 31.5% use the internet, close to the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bareilly, which ranks 15 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 37.4%. On young men using the internet at 59.6%, it sits close to the national mark.