Economy

Socio Economic Profile – The main occupation of the people of the District dominated by the primary sector is largely agriculture and allied activities.

In the largest town, Serchhip, nearly half of the total workforce is engaged in primary activities. The sectoral distribution of output also reflects the economic condition of these towns. Among the primary activities in small towns, the highest productivity is observed in market oriented cropping (market based gardening), succeeded by market-oriented animal husbandry.

Public establishments and private enterprises act as the principal mechanism of production, because the tertiary sector contributes more than two-thirds of the total output in these towns. Public establishments play a very important role in creating livelihood opportunities. Within the urban economy, the government servants and businessmen often practice crops production in neighbouring  areas of the town, in free time to supplement incomes or for getting food items from farms for the household. Many government servants and businessmen own agriculture land. Occupations like animal husbandry, subsistence cropping and animal rearing, foraging, carpentry etc are the major second occupations in these towns. Small scale piggery (only one or two pigs) and poultry farming (only 10-20 fowls) are very popular in the small towns. The complexity of the urban economic structure influences the rural economy. Though the town and the villages are separate places, they appear merged in their ceaseless interactions—the distance and accessibility a barrier, and the human endeavour is to overcome it.