The district of Bankura is characterized by an overawhelming agro-economic base, low urbanization and industrialization The district is broadly divisible into two regions the alluvial plains in the east and the undulating tract to the west. Within the district and even within these regions, the villages vary not only their geographical features but also in their physical forms and composition, their economic and social life patterns. Agricultural activities and most its employment and priority is being accord to its development.
   The pace of industrialization in the district has been very slow. Despite the proximity to Durgapur-Asansole industrial belt, well organized plans werenot taken upto the 70' s as it is experienced from the reality . There are no worthmentioned large and medium scale industries. Lately, a program for utilization of the resources available has been conceived by the State Govt. As a result, a few big units, e.g. Bias Packaging Ltd., Mejhia Thermal Power Project, Kangsaboti Spinning Mills, Exodus Knitwear etc. have already come up or will be coming up shortly.
   Cottage Small Scale Industry constitutes a major segment of district's economy. It provides maximum employment opportunity next to agriculture and this accounts nearly 9% of district income.

Lac is a product of commercial value from which resin, dye and wax can be obtained. It is derived from a specialised group of insects known as lac insects. The lac insect secrets a resinous covering for protecting itself and its young ones. For its survival it depends on certain plants called as lac hosts. It derives its nutrition by sucking the juices of these host plants. Lac culture is the process of culturing these insects on host plants to obtain lac. Only certain species of lac insect are useful for producing lac resinous covering and KERRIA LACCA is the type commonly used in our country. Abundance of Palash trees (lac host) in this district has become helpful in lac development, in which pruning operation is required to remove unsuitable shoots of host plant to ensure putting forth of new good, healthy and large number of succulent shoots for lac insect settlement.
One of the major constraints in lac cultivation is the non-availability of broodlac at proper time and at the reasonable rate within affordable limit of the poor cultivators. In consideration of the facts, lac cultivation work was undertaken in a special manner during June-July, 2005 season, giving due attention to the seasonal operation, viz. pruning, selection of broodlac, brood binding, innoculation etc. As such 30.16 quintals of Ranginee variety broodlac was produced and innoculation operation was effected on 6010 number of pruned host trees.

There is no large scale industry in this District except the MEJHIA THERMAL POWER PROJECT of Block MEJHIA which is yet to start production. But during the 7th Five Year Plan period some Medium Scale Industries have come up in this District with the assistance from the West Bengal Industrial Dev. Corporation Ltd.