The district has 65 churches and 15 chapels. Catholic parishes in the district belong to the dioces of Mozyr-Rechitsa. There are 34 schools, most of them run by the local communities. One exception is a church school founded in 1884 under the direction of the Orthodox parish, which enrolls Catholic students as well as Orthodox students. In 1887 there were 52 church schools which exclude the Orthodox that are attended by 58 Catholic pupils.
Manufacturing is poor.
In 1885, there were 21 distilleries, and four small tanneries in Bragin, Narovlya, Yurevich and Komarin. The turnover on the factories amounts to more than half a million rubles. Although there are many different types of land in the district, for the most part the soil is slimy. It is an excellent kind of soil for growing wheat, especially in the central beekeeping district, which includes land around Yurevich, Khoyniki, Gluchowicze, Ostrohlady as well as Bragin. The country is densely populated but picturesque, particularly around Barbarow and Yurevich, and the residents grow for themselves much wheat, millet and barley.