 As per poverty estimates obtained from household survey for families living below poverty line in 2005, rural poverty in Chanditala I CD Block was 9.07%.In Chanditala I CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 9.24%, agricultural labourers 18.10%, household industry workers 10.41% and other workers 62.25%.There are 47 inhabited villages in Chanditala I CD Block.