Ntchisi District

[2] Farming and agriculture makes up eighty percent of the local economy with a couple of the leading crops being beans and potatoes.

Forestry, irrigation and livestock herding are other fields, since the economy has very little private industry and the government employs most of the people.

The district (and country) has received many forms of help from many agencies, including the European Union, DFID, the African Development Bank, UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

[2] A 1989 survey found that the infant mortality rate was almost one-quarter (228/1000), and that those who did survive faced an alarming lack of sanitation services.

[3] At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Ntchisi District by ethnic group was as follows:[4] There are four National Assembly constituencies in Ntchisi District: Since the 2009 election most of these constituencies (except Ntchisi North East, which has been held by members of the Malawi Congress Party) have been held by members of the Malawi Congress Party.