The CD Block-wise mean MHPI was estimated at 24.9. Eleven out of twentyfive CD Blocks were found to be severely deprived in respect of grand CD Block average value of MHPI (CD Blocks with lower amount of poverty are better): All the CD Blocks of Haldia and Contai subdivisions appeared backward, except Ramnagar I & II, of all the blocks of Egra subdivision only Bhagabanpur I appeared backward and in Tamluk subdivision none appeared backward. Economy Livelihood In Moyna CD Block in 2011, total workers formed 38.26% of the total population and amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 20.12%, agricultural labourers 47.6%, household industry workers 3.16% and other workers 29.08%. Infrastructure There are 85 inhabited villages in Moyna CD block. All 85 villages (100%) have power supply. All 85 villages (100%) have drinking water supply. 30 villages (35.29%) have post offices. 84 villages (94.82%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 19 villages (22.35%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 37 villages (43.53%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 33 villages (38.82%) have agricultural credit societies. 7 villages (8.24%) have banks. In 2007-08, around 40% of rural households in the district had electricity. In 2013-14, there were 35 fertiliser depots, 8 seed stores and 36 fair price shops in the CD Block. Agriculture According to the District Human Development Report of Purba Medinipur: The agricultural sector is the lifeline of a predominantly rural economy. It is largely dependent on the Low Capacity Deep Tubewells (around 50%) or High Capacity Deep Tubewells (around 27%) for irrigation, as the district does not have a good network of canals, compared to some of the neighbouring districts. In many cases the canals are drainage canals which get the backflow of river water at times of high tide or the rainy season. The average size of land holding in Purba Medinipur, in 2005-06, was 0.73 hectares against 1.01 hectares in West Bengal. In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Moyna CD Block was 11,993 hectares, out of which 1,235 hectares were irrigated by tank water, 3,650 hectares by deep tube wells, 1,303 hectares by shallow tube wells, 70 hectares by river lift irrigation and 5,730 hectares by other means. 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