• Dr Chaduvula Asha Kiran Raju
• Prof Tadi Sobha Sri

The modern woman has started caring for her health, figure, cultural needs and interests, academic pursuits, social intercourse, religious activities recreational needs, etc. She plays many roles as a wife enjoyed ideally a status almost equally to that of her husband and performed both social as well as biological functions. Even today, the Indian girls are still brought up on models portraying selflessness, self-denial, and sacrifice. The present study is undertaken in order to find various strategies for women to equal men in all aspects. The present study incorporates variables like Age at marriage of married respondents, Type of marriage followed by married respondents, Number of children possessed by the respondents, Status of respondents’ children, Do Agricultural land possessed by the respondents, Extent of land holdings possessed by the respondents, Motivated person(s) to join in SHG, Expectations of respondents from SHG, Living status of the respondents based, Caste wise distribution of the Average Monthly Income of the respondents, Caste wise distribution of the thrift saving of the respondents, Employment Status distribution of the Average Monthly Income of the respondents and Employment Status distribution of the thrift saving of the respondents.

Women empowerment, SHG, Age, Caste, Job, Income and Land

"Studies on empowerment of women in Visakhapatnam district via rural, urban and tribal villages ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.338-348, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808045.pdf

"Studies on empowerment of women in Visakhapatnam district via rural, urban and tribal villages ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp338-348, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808045.pdf