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Sundarban is the largest space of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the glove. The dynamic process of changing climate is created the complexity of economic structure of Sundarban mangrove kingdom. Sundarban is a world heritage site and its dynamic ecosystems formed by interaction between land and water. The changing nature of agro-climatic condition in Indian Sundarban and its effect on the economy of the region is noticed. Economy is such an indicator which determines the status o living. The basic character of traditional economy of Sundarban region as well as it also looks into the recent changes that occur in the economic composition of Indian Sundarban region due to this reason. The presented paper deals with climatic change and its impact struggle for existence on the economy of Sundarban. The high rise of sea level increasing tendency of average rainfall in monsoon, domains of cyclonic activity is Sundarban region have been indicating the signs of climatic change of Sundarban. People have been lost their land as the tidal inflow transforms into tidal bores, starts to breach the embankments aggravate the land subsidence in those sea facing land of southern Sundarban. The recorded number of main workers remain constants where as the number of marginal worker has been rapidly increased to content with climatic change. Fishing, aquaculture will be the possible way to survive but the high intensity cyclones and tidal surges created a new challenge for the poor inhabitants. Monoculture of rice farming has been changing into vulnerable intensive subsistence and indigenous one to adapt with changing nature of climate of Indian Sundarban region.