Socio-Economic Status of Women in Uttar Pradesh

Authors

  • Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh

Abstract

Any  assessment  of  the  status  of  women  has to  start  from  the  social  framework,  social  structures, cultural  norms  and  value  sys tems  that  influence social  expectations  regarding  the  behaviour  of  both men  and  women  and  determine  women‟s  roles  and their  position  in  society.  A  society  is  composed  of many  institutions and most important of them are  the system  of  decent,  family  and  kins hip,  marriage  and religious  traditions.  They provide  the  ideology  and moral  basis  for  men  and  women  about  their  rights and duties and  their  status and  role. The  state  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  though  rich  in  both  human  and  natural  resources, however  economic  growth  faltered  in  the  recent  years  as  the  State  failed  to  seize  the opportunities  created  by  liberalization  of  the  economy.  It  is  also  the  most  populous  state in  the  country  with  a  population  of  175  million  people  accounting  for  16.4  percent  of  the country‟s  population.  It  is  the  fourth  largest  state  in  geographical  area  of  the  country, encompassing  to  94  411  square  kilometers  and  comprising  of  83  district,  901 developments  blocks  and  112804  inhabited  villages. The  density  of  population  in  the state  is  173  persons  per  square  kilometer  as  against  274  of  the  country.  80  percent  of  the population  in  the  state  consist  of  the  rural  poor  making  it  one  of  the  most  deprived economies. An estimated  8  percent  of the  world‟s  poor  live  in the  state.  

Keywords : - women and society, status and role, kinship, marriage, religious  traditions, population and poverty, women rights.

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Published

31-05-2025

How to Cite

Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh. (2025). Socio-Economic Status of Women in Uttar Pradesh . Ldealistic Journal of Advanced Research in Progressive Spectrums (IJARPS) eISSN– 2583-6986, 4(5), 283–288. Retrieved from https://journal.ijarps.org/index.php/IJARPS/article/view/783

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Research Paper