Economy of Kurukshetra District is primarily agrarian in nature. An overwhelming work force is engaged as cultivators and agriculture labourers in the district. Kurukshetra District enjoys an ideal location benefits being situated adjacent to national highway number 1. This district is coming up as an industrial belt and has started throbbing with the wide spectrum of developmental activities and unfolds immense potential of industrial opportunities.
Farming is the main occupation of the people as a sizeable percentage, that is over 90 percent of the people, is engaged in various agricultural pursuits. Wheat and rice are the main crops cultivated in Kurukshetra District. Among the commercial crops sugarcane is an important crop of this district. Cultivation of vegetables especially of potato is very popular in the district. To supplement the income, dairy farming and cattle rearing is another occupation adopted by the people of the district. These sectors are strengthening economy of the district. Most of the agriculturists are engaged in dairy farming, poultry farming, and pig farming, etc. as a side business. There are several milk plants in private sector in Kurukshetra.
Being an agriculture based economy, industrial set up in the district is also agro based, as there are a number of small and big rice and wheat processing units. A conscious attempt has been made by the District Industries Centre Kurukshetra to identify the small-large scale industry having scope in the district. The district also boosts of wide network of Commercial Bank branches. There are as many as 76 branches of various banks. Total geographical area of the district is 168253 hectares. The cultivated area is 150305 hectares, which is 89.3 percent of the total geographical area. The soils of Kurukshetra District are fairly fertile and leveled and are fit for every type of crop.
Animal Husbandry is an important sector constituting the economy of this district. It plays an important role for the upliftment of marginal farmers and landless agricultural laborers as it provides not only direct employment opportunity to them but also lessons pressure on agriculture as land holdings are diminishing day by day. As the economy of Kurukshetra District is entirely based on agriculture, the industrial scenario of this district is also influenced mostly by the same sector. This district has a number of small scale units having a fixed investment.
