A Study of Socio-economic background of Women Self-Help Groups in Matanhail Block of Jhajjar District (Haryana)

The present paper is an endeavor to know the socioeconomic background of SHG members, the homogeneity factors and the sources through which the members know about SHGs. To fulfill the objectives of the present study, the data were collected from primary source with the help of 150 respondents in Jhajjar district of Haryana through an interview schedule. The data were analyzed with the help of frequency distribution, percentage and graph. It was found that the majority of respondents were lying in 31-40 age group, educated at primary and middle, occupied in agricultural activities, most of the respondents were married, belong to schedule caste, annual family income was lying between ₹50000 to ₹100000, and the homogeneity Factors of all SHGs was sex and poverty and source through which members know about SHGs is social worker.