Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Ghaziabad has 1.5 public libraries per 10 lakh population, behind the typical district. 19.2% of women read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 64.2% use the internet, better than the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ghaziabad, which ranks 2 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men who read a newspaper regularly at 39.9% and young men using the internet at 75.4%.