Economy
- Main occupations: Agriculture 34%, agricultural farm-hands 22.77%, wage labourer 4.46%, transport 2.18%, weavers 2.85%, commerce 13.27%, service 7.26% and others 13.21%.
- Land control: Among the peasants 29% are landless peasants, 49% small, 18% intermediate and 4% rich.
- Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 7500 per 0.01 acre.
- Crops: Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane, oil seeds, onion, garlic, betel leaf (paan), pulses.
- Extinct or nearly extinct crops: Indigo, sesame, linseed, cereals like kaaun and cheena, and orhor pulses.
- Fruits: Mango, jackfruit, banana, lychee (lichu), cocoanut, guava, pomelo and papaya.
- Fisheries, dairies & poultries: Dairies 1069, fisheries 88, poultry 714, hatcheries 37.
- Industries: Paksey paper mill, sugar mill, cotton mill, jute press, edible oil mill, Square (Bangladesh) pharmaceutical company, biscuit factory, rice and flour mill, ice factory, welding, saw mill, cold storage. The Square (Bangladesh) Group established several factories in the district, namely pharmaceuticals, spices, food, toiletries and textile, and converting the agricultural economy of Pabna to an industrial society.
- Cottage industries: Handloom, bamboo and caneworks, blacksmith, goldsmith, potteries, woodworks and tailoring.
- Main exports: Rice, jute, betel leaf, hosiery goods, cotton, cotton fabrics.
- Active NGOs are: BRAC, CARE, ASA, Grameen Bank, Caritas, Proshika, Shomota, Thengamaara Mohila Shobuj Shongho (TMSS) and Polli Progoti, ASEAB, BOSS.
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