Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
16% of young men in Jalpaiguri read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 46.1% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jalpaiguri, which ranks 7 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 34.2% and higher-education enrolment at 22.7%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 7.6%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.2%, it sits close to the national mark.