Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
12.8% of young men in Cooch Behar read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 45.9% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Cooch Behar, which ranks 13 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 5.9%, women using the internet at 15.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.3%. On higher-education enrolment at 21.8%, it sits close to the national mark.