Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
37.7% of young men in Dehradun read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 88.5% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dehradun, which ranks 5 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.1%, women using the internet at 64.1% and higher-education enrolment at 70.1%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.6%, it sits close to the national mark.