Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
3.5% of young men in Murshidabad read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 31.8% 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Murshidabad, which ranks 18 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 6.4% and women using the internet at 9.4%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.8% and higher-education enrolment at 19.6%, it sits close to the national mark.