Main district library plus branch and mobile units, free for on-site reading and lending to members.
Cooch Behar has 43.7 public libraries per 10 lakh population, better than the typical district. 5.9% of women read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 15.3% use the internet, behind the typical district. The Public Library remains one of the few free, physical spaces for reading and study in the district.
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 young men who read a newspaper regularly at 12.8% and young men using the internet at 45.9%.