Economy

Main occupations: Agriculture 36.9%, fishing 1.86%, pisciculture 1.01%, agricultural labourer 26.74%, wage labourer 3.72%, commerce 13.32%, industry 1.49%, transport 2.46%, service 4.37%, and others 8.13%. Main crops Paddy, jute, sugarcane, mustard seed, potato, onion and betel leaf. Extinct or nearly extinct crops indigo, linseed, sesame, kaun and aus paddy. Main fruits Mango, black berry, jackfruit, banana, papaya, litchi, coconut, guava. Fisheries, dairies, poultries Poultry 322, dairy 86, fishery 3046, shrimp farming 3650, hatchery 66, artificial breeding centre 1.

Hats, bazars and fairs: Hats and bazars are 265, most noted of which are Sultanpur Boro Bazar(Bigest bazar in whole district) Ptkelghata(the largest bazar in the district), Kaliganj, Nalta, Nazimganj (Kaliganj), Ratanpur bazar(Ratanpur), Shyamnagar, Nawabeki,Ghona hat, Nurnagar Bazar (Shyamnagar), Tala, Balia (Tala); fairs 37 noted of which are Gurpukur Mela (three hundred years old, Satkhira Town), Dublar Mela (Dublar Char, Satkhira Sadar), Baruni Mela, Dol Purnima Mela (Katunia Rajbari), Rath Jatra Mela (Kushalia, Kaliganj), Baishakhi Mela (Koila, Jugikhali, Kamarkhali, Kalaroa Upazila), Parulia Shashan Ghat Mela (Debhata), Baruni Mela (Sonar Mora), Charak Mela (Munshiganj), Rash Mela (Arpanghashia), Dolmela (Gopalpur, Shyamnagar)

Main exports: Shrimp, paddy, jute, wheat, betel leaf, leather and jute goods.