Livelihood {{Pie chart In the Falakata CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 23,309 and formed 20.68%, agricultural labourers numbered 43,693 and formed 38.77%, household industry workers numbered 1,875 and formed 1.66% and other workers numbered 43,809 and formed 38.88%. Total workers numbered 112,686 and formed 38.76% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 178,036 and formed 61.24% of the population. Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the
Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.
Infrastructure There are 60 inhabited villages in the Falakata CD block, as per the
District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011. All the villages have power supply and drinking water supply. 28 villages (46.67%) have post offices. 57 villages (95.00%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 37 villages (61.67%) have pucca (paved) approach roads and 35 villages (58.33%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 10 villages (16.67%) have agricultural credit societies and 5 villages (8.33%) have banks.
Agriculture The economy of the Jalpaiguri district is mainly dependent on agriculture and plantations, and majority of the people are engaged in agriculture. Jalpaiguri is well-known for tea and timber. Other important crops are paddy, jute, tobacco, mustard seeds, sugarcane and wheat. The annual average rainfall is 3,440 mm, around double of that of Kolkata and the surrounding areas. The area is flood prone and the rivers often change course causing immense damage to crops and cultivated lands. In 2013-14, there were 162 fertiliser depots, 60 seed stores and 48
fair price shops in the Falakata CD block. In 2013–14, the Falakata CD block produced 3,036 tonnes of
Aman paddy, the main winter crop, from 1,908 hectares, 4,622 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 1,581 hectares, 15,024 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 8,598 hectares, 4,456 tonnes of wheat from 1,965 hectares, 2,510 tonnes of maize from 322 hectares, 31,584 tonnes of jute from 2,343 hectares, 215,341 tonnes of potatoes from 8,459 hectares and 921 tonnes of sugarcane from 9 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.
Banking In 2013-14, Falakata CD block had offices of 9 commercial banks and 4
gramin banks. ==Transport==