24 Parganas districts were below poverty level, the lowest among the districts of West Bengal, which had an average 20% of the population below poverty line.

Economy

Livelihood

In the Gorubathan CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 7,480 and formed 30.99%, agricultural labourers numbered 4,700 and formed 19.47%, household industry workers numbered 986 and formed 4.08% and other workers numbered 10,973 and formed 45.46%. Total workers numbered 25,139 and formed 39.79% of the total population,

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