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 79 inhabited villages in Hili CD Block. All 79 villages (100%) have power supply. 78 villages (98.73%) have drinking water supply. 10 villages (12.66%) have post offices. 75 villages (94.94%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 64 villages (81.01%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 26 villages (32.91%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 2 villages (2.53%) have agricultural credit societies. 6 villages (7.59%) have banks. Agriculture The land is fertile for agricultural production, particularly in the southern part of the district. The rivers are flood-prone but droughts also occur occasionally. There are numerous tanks and some marshes and bils. Multiple cropping is widely practised. The Tebhaga movement by the share croppers, towards the end of British rule, is widely known. There are some forests, mostly in areas bordering Bangladesh. Hili CD Block had 118 fertiliser depots, 60 seed stores and 16 fair price shops in 2013–14. In 2013–14, Hili CD Block produced 1,526 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 656 hectares, 4,482 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 1,311 hectares, 1,263 tonnes of wheat from 398 hectares, 16,729 tonnes of jute from 1,189 hectares and 4,196 tonnes of potatoes from 192 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds. In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in Hili CD Block was 1,727 hectares, out of which 341 hectares were irrigated by tank irrigation, 19 hectares by river lift irrigation, 351 hectares by deep tube wells and 1,016 hectares by shallow tube wells. Banking In 2013–14, Hili CD Block had offices of 2 commercial banks and 2 gramin banks. Backward Regions Grant Fund Dakshin