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 Chandipur CD Block in 2011, total workers formed 36.10% of the total population and amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 13.46%, agricultural labourers 40.90%, household industry workers 10.59% and other workers 35.06%. Infrastructure There are 111 inhabited villages in Chandipur CD block. All 111 villages (100%) have power supply. 109 villages (98.2%) have drinking water supply. 18 villages (16.22%) have post offices. 101 villages (90.99%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 23 villages (20.72%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 35 villages (31.53%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 22 villages (19.82%) have agricultural credit societies. 6 villages (5.41%) have banks. In 2007-08, around 40% of rural households in the district had electricity. In 2013-14, there were 23 fertiliser depots, 6 seed stores and 30 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 Chandipur CD Block was 5,390 hectares, out of which 130 hectares were irrigated with canal water, 2,350 hectares by tank water and 2,910 hectares by deep tube wells. 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 not implemented fully. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in