Synopsis Recognising the relationship between literacy and socio-economic development, the Government of India has established the National Literacy Mission, adopted and launched the total literacy campaigns all over the country. While organising the Literacy programmes, priority was accorded to the weaker sections and women. It is believed the literacy will equip these groups to determine their future. The women constitutes half of the population and being the target group of the programme, an attempt was made to study the impact of literacy on their social participation, economic position and cultural changes that was taken place. For this purpose about 1,200 women were interacted and obtained the information.