INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH CULTURE SOCIETY ISSN: 2456-6683 Volume - 2, Issue - 3, Mar – 2018 UGC Approved Monthly, Peer-Reviewed, Refereed, Indexed Journal Impact Factor: 3.449 Publication Date: 31/03/2018 A Micro Level Analysis of Female Work Participation of Barikul Gram Panchayat in Ranibandh Block of Bankura District, West Bengal 1Santanu Mandal, 2Dr. Shovan Ghosh 1Guest Lecturer, 2Associate Professor 1Department of Geography, 1Ramananda College, Bishnupur, West Bengal, India Email -
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[email protected] Abstract: At present day women are playing very vital role in economic development of our society. The present study try to analyze the level and pattern of female work participation rate, comparative study the different work activity wise female work participation and examine the affect of different variables on female work participation. Scheduled Tribe populated Barikul gram panchayat has been selected for the study. This study is mainly based on the secondary data. Female work participation rate (FWPR) is computed as the percentage of total female workers to total female population and the female work participation in different work category is calculated to the percentage of total female workers. The relationship among the different variables has been analyzed by using equation of Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient with test of significance. The study revealed that the level of FWPR of the GP is high and the rate is 43.30%. Most of the female workers are marginal worker and the majority of them are agricultural worker. Negative relation is found between FLR and FWPR. Increase other main female workers (government servants, municipal employees, teachers, factory workers, plantation workers, those engaged in trade, commerce, business, transport, banking, mining, construction, political or social work, priests, entertainment artists, etc) where high FLR is found.