A Study on Women Empowerment through Self-Help Group Members with special reference to Haripal Block in Hooghly District, West Bengal

SHGs are now considered an important tool for helping women in India’s countryside gain economic power. They support women to reduce poverty, become entrepreneurs and become financially independent. The study intends to look at how women’s roles and standing in families and their communities change when they are part of SHGs. This process also tries to find out which economic activities SHG members engage in. The sources for research include reliable primary and secondary data. Interviews were carried out with SHG members to gather the main data needed for the study. The researcher used stratified random sampling to get a sample that reflected the entire population. People chosen for the study were from different Gram Panchayats in the Haripal block of Hooghly District, giving a clear picture of SHGs from that area. Using the SPSS program, they were able to find out the patterns and relationships in the data set. The research shows that rural women’s finances are improved by SHGs and this raises their social and economic status. Working in SHGs has let women earn more which has also strengthened their confidence and made them more capable decision-makers. Here, it is documented how SHGs uplift the social sector and empower women of all communities in West Bengal’s Haripal block, transforming them into essential development actors for rural areas.