Initially, most of the residents of this city were government employees and there were few agricultural as well as silk traders. Gradually, the importance of the city increased due to its geographic location and now it is also a business hub.The economy is primarily based on small- to medium-scale agro-industries and trades. Produce of the area are rice, jute, sugar, ceramics, and plywood; sugarmi
lling is the largest industry. The surrounding region produces mangoes, cattle, poultry and fish. There is unrealized demand for building large food storage, refrigeration and processing plants.[8] Live cattle are smuggled across the nearby border to Bangladesh. There are a few sugar mills. Many expertised gems are to be found in this heritage city. A shopping Mall named Krishnanagar is under construction which will be operational in couple of months. The city has many big shops which now have become the prime shopping destinations. Krishnagar Sentrum Mall, Krishnagar BIg Bazaar, City Bazaar Metro, Amodini,Style Baazar, Dhakeshwari, Jashoreshwari, are some famous shops at Krishnagar. Krishnanagar
Krishnanagar[6] is also famous for the sweet. Halwaikars or moyras (who prepare sweets) of Krishnanagar are famous. While they produce all varieties of sweets, there are some which bear the hallmark of the city. 'Sarbhaja' and 'Sarpuria' are inventions that mark the talent of Krishnanagar's halwaikars.The sweets are mostly prepared from the raw milk which is collected from the nearby villages. Three shops of Adhar Chandra Das & Sons and Sugar and Spice are famous widely for the above-mentioned sweet variants. Despite the economic boom in India in the 21st century,there have been no major industrial investment proposals for the city so far. Nowadays real estate business is one of the big business of this city.
