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The Mishings are the second largest scheduled tribe (plains) group of Assam after Bodos. The Mishing woman occupies an important place in the socio economic structure of her society. They are born weaver, skilled in agricultural and allied activities. But the Mishing women weavers face lots of problems in their occupations. The present study has been conducted in Lakhimpur District, Assam .The field survey was conducted by selecting four representative villages, namely, Baangmora, Barkhamukh, Latibarchuk and Moukhuwa of Ghilamora block in Lakhimpur District .Out of total population of the study ,20 households from each villages were selected as sample for this investigation. Here weavers are the respondants themselves and data has been collected from 80 (eighty) Mishing women weavers through purposive sampling technique with the help of self conducted questionnaire. The desirable data related to socio economic characteristics namely ; educational status ,monthly income ,working hours of the weavers, housing conditions ,sanitation facilities, electricity facilities ,drinking water facilities etc. The main aim of this study is to know or study about the problems faced by the Mishing women weavers in their occupations and suggest some measure for their improvement. The study reveals that the weavers face lots of problems in their field of work, more particularly in respect of their accommodation facilities. Moreover, most of the weaves are from poor socio economic background and engaged in weaving out of compulsion. So based on the results, certain suggestions or measures have been given for improvement of these problems. Here, a very simple statistics (percentage) has been taken for analysis of the study.

Accomodation, Allied activities, Households, Mishings, Women Weavers

"PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THE WEAVING INDUSTRIES OF MISHINGS IN ASSAM: A CASE STUDY IN LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.474-481, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907529.pdf

"PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THE WEAVING INDUSTRIES OF MISHINGS IN ASSAM: A CASE STUDY IN LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp474-481, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907529.pdf