Block registered 20.81 on the MHPI scale. The CD Block-wise mean MHPI was estimated at 24.78. 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 Patashpur I CD Block in 2011, total workers formed 42.22% of the total population and amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 32.75%, agricultural labourers 43.45%, household industry workers 7.39% and other workers 16.42%. Infrastructure There are 136 inhabited villages in Patashpur I CD block. All 136 villages (100%) have power supply. 135 villages (99.26%) have drinking water supply. 27 villages (19.85%) have post offices. 127 villages (93.38%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 31 villages (22.79%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 44 villages (32.35%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 39 villages (28.68%) have agricultural credit societies. 6 villages (4.41%) have banks. In 2007-08, around 40% of rural households in the district had electricity. In 2013-14, there were 69 fertiliser depots, 4 seed stores and 27 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 Patashpur I CD Block was 10,630 hectares, out of which 598 hectares were irrigated by canal water, 686 hectares by tank water, 4,215 hectares by deep tube well, 4,736 hectares by shallow tube well and 395 hectares by river lift irrigation. Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of bargadars to a higher share of