The organic wild custard apple is the major forest produce in the tribal belt.
Other forest produce includes firewood, gum, and tendu leaf Residents face severe unemployment, with 90% of the workers working in the agriculture sector as cultivators or laborers.
There were 16 talukas in the Nanded district as of November 2014, namely, Nanded, Ardhapur, Bhokar, Biloli, Deglur, Dharmabad, Hadgaon, Himayatnagar, Kandhar, Kinwat, Loha, Mahur, Mudkhed, Mukhed, Naigaon, and Umri.
[2] In 1981, there were eight talukas in the district, which were Nanded, Hadgaon, Kinwat, Bhokar, Biloli, Deglur (Degloor), Mukhed and Kandhar.
[3] Vivek Ram Chaudhari, the incumbent Air chief marshal, is originally from the Hadgaon taluka.