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Abstract : Agriculture plays a dominant role in economic development through supplying food for the nation, generating opportunities of employment, and sharing of national GDP as well as providing raw materials for agro based industries. Being the most backward district in the state in terms of agricultural output Dakshin Dinajpur District need a special attention. Because, as compared to the neighbouring districts, Dakshin Dinajpur appears to be good in terms of crop productivity, but at the same time the district is lagging behind so far as the development of agriculture is concerned. The district is predominantly agro based and majority of the people are engaged in agriculture. But the small land holdings hampering the growth in agriculture and allied sectors. Also inadequate management system, low crop diversification, improper crop planning with inadequate irrigation and drainage systems has led to the stagnation in agricultural development. The extent of stagnation in agriculture also varies from one block to another. Thus a spatial analysis of each block was in need to know the exact causes of this agricultural backwardness.Bhatia's method has been used to find out the crop diversification of South Dinajpur. The district also plays an important role in production of commercial crops like jute and food crop production.