Socio-economic status and empowerment of rural women in district Mirzapur (U.P.)

Abstract

The mountainous rural area in district Mirzapur of Uttar Pradesh provide the most of the particular area. Large proportion of the rural population in districts Mirzapur in state is living in poverty, deprived of basic amenities and food security. They are unemployed or underemployed and this is the primary cause of poverty. Maximum people are illiterate, suffer from ill-health, suppressed by vested interests and are deprived of their due share and rights in the development due to poor governance government has been continuously problems to improve the conditions of the population in these areas but the truth that has evolved from the close analysis of these sections community in this areas. Uttar Pradesh among all the states is placed at first position in respect of percentage of population and below poverty rank in this state, third position in India. In this state Uttar Pradesh in below poverty line 29.43% and empirical data. In district Mirzapur majority of rural areas in the state comprises of the tough mountainous environment the government approach has led to desertness of these village which have poorly cut down the standard of living in these area.