Livelihood In Hanskhali CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 25.71%, agricultural labourers 28.90, household industry workers 6.74% and other workers 38.65%. The southern part of Nadia district starting from Krishnanagar I down to Chakdaha and Haringhata has some urban pockets specialising in either manufacturing or service related economic activity and has reflected a comparatively higher concentration of population but the urban population has generally stagnated. Nadia district still has a large chunk of people living in the rural areas.
Infrastructure There are 76 inhabited villages in Hanskhali CD Block. 100% villages have power supply and 74 villages (94.37%) have drinking water supply. 24 Villages (31.58%) have post offices. 74 villages (97.37%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 49 villages (64.47%) have a pucca approach road and 36 villages (47.37%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 16 villages (21.05%) have agricultural credit societies and 10 villages (13.16%) have banks. It should, however, be noted that although 100% villages in Nadia district had power supply in 2011, a survey in 2007-08 revealed that less than 50% of households had electricity connection. In rural areas of the country, the tube well was for many years considered to be the provider of safe drinking water, but with arsenic contamination of ground water claiming public attention it is no longer so. Piped water supply is still a distant dream. In 2007–08, the availability of piped drinking water in Nadia district was as low as 8.6%, well below the state average of around 20%.
Agriculture {{Pie chart Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of
bargadars to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented fully. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants. Following
land reforms land ownership pattern has undergone transformation. In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in Hanskhali CD Block could be classified as follows:
bargadars 7.49%, patta (document) holders 10.02%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 5.89%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 31.08% and agricultural labourers 45.52%. Hanskhali CD Block had 176 fertiliser depots, 12 seed stores and 61
fair price shops in 2013–14. In 2013–14, Hanskhali CD Block produced 1,680 tonnes of
Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 690 hectares, 23,179 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 6,667 hectares, 7,221 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 3,140 hectares, 4,168 tonnes of wheat from 1,464 hectares, 80,857 tonnes of jute from 5,423 hectares and 4,762 tonnes of potatoes from 176 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds. In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in Hanskhali CD Block was 2,995 hectares, out of which 1,375 hectares were irrigated by river lift irrigation, 1,500 hectares by deep tube wells and 120 hectares by shallow tube wells.
Banking In 2013–14, Hanskhali CD Block had offices of 11 commercial banks and 5
gramin banks. ==Transport==