• Dr.P.Samson
• Dr. K. Madhu Babu

India is predominantly an agrarian country .About 69 per cent of its population still depends on agriculture for their livelihood. The direct contribution of agricultural sector to the national economy reflects by its share in total GDP, total employment and so on. It still remains the most acceptable fact that agriculture continues to play greater role in the socio-economic development of the country. The agricultural labourers constitute a considerable proportion of rural work force in the present study area i.e., Inkollu mandal in prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh. Total population is 33.97 lakhs, out of these males constitute 17.15 lakhs and females constitute 16.82. The workforce of the district as obtained from 2011 census was 13.06 lakhs were main workers, 2.30 lakhs were marginal workers, 3.59 lakhs were cultivators and 5.10 lakhs were agricultural labourers. There were 44,374 groups working throughout the district of Prakasam and the number of women participants was 4, 46,760. Nearly 43% of main workers in the district are agricultural labourers. Majority of the agricultural labourers are belongs to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. There income is low and irregular. The present study an attempt is made to examine the factors influencing the socio-economic status of the agriculture women workers in selected mandal. The present study aims at understanding the factors determine the socio-economic status of selected 220 agriculture women worker households from Inkollu mandal of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh.

Women Agriculure labour, Socio-economic status, Inkollu Mandal, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh.

"SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF WOMEN AGRICULTURAL LABOUR: A CASE STUDY OF INKOLLU MANDAL OF PRAKASAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.319-327, May-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805653.pdf

"SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF WOMEN AGRICULTURAL LABOUR: A CASE STUDY OF INKOLLU MANDAL OF PRAKASAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp319-327, May-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805653.pdf