 Modern day Borhat has a number of tea gardens, some of them founded by the British and many families have small tea plantations in their orchard.Its main educational institutes include Borhat Higher Secondary School, Borhat New High school, Borhat Jatiya Vidyalaya, Sankardev Shisu Niketon, Borhat Mojolia Vidyalaya (Sokolia), and Borhat B.P.B.M college.There is a branch of State Bank of India (SBI) situated in middle of its region.