The most important field crops grown in Sancharak district include wheat, maize, alfalfa, barley and flax.

The most common crops grown in garden plots include Grapes (75%), fruit and nut trees like Almond and Walnut (Juglans regia) (16%) and vegetables (3%).

[2][4] The overall literacy rate in Sancharak district is 12%, however, while nearly one in five (18%) of men are literate this is true for just over one in twenty (6%) women.

In the population aged between 15 and 24 the men have a slightly lower literacy rate (17.7%), and so do women (4.8%).

On average 29% of children between 6 and 13 are enrolled in school, however the figure is around one-third of boys (30%) and one-sixth of girls (15%).