International Journal of Development in Social Sciences and Humanities

A Tribal woman is considered as an economic asset to the family as she earns income through participating in economic activities to supplement the family income. The second side of her dual role is to take care of the household chores and rear children. She works more than 14 hours a day in her wage earnings employment as well as other income earning activities and domestic assignments. In any economy, the status of the women depends on their income level, Employment, education, health and security as well as the role women plays with all freedom in the family, community and society. These features have their impact on the occupations and economic conditions of the tribal women. They have two or more income earning activities like agricultural labourers, non-agricultural workers and collection of MFP besides rearing cattle, goats, sheep and birds. 60-70 per cent of the tribal women depend on farm related activities mostly.