Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
12.7% of women read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 50.2% 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Champawat, which ranks 4 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men using the internet at 81.3%. On young men who read a newspaper regularly at 26.3%, it sits close to the national mark.