Socio-Personal and economic characteristics of rural women

Abstract

The findings led to conclude that the literacy among the respondents is not very encouraging. Family showing the declining trend of joint family. Majority of the respondents possessed marginal size of land. Most of the beneficiaries were having 1 to 4 animals under possession, income of respondents was low. It has to be increased by providing income generating activities and encouraging the practices of improved agricultural technologies social participation among the majority of respondents are only in one organization and cosmopoliteness of the respondents were having low to medium level. This might be due to the fact that majority of the respondents was illiterate, low monthly income who might not be having access to mass media such as magazine, radio, newspaper.