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Abstract: Decision making is a very important component of women empowerment. So women�s decision making in various fields of life determines her position in the family and society. The decision making in the family on household matters, earning, education, etc. determines women�s position in the family and society. But, this decision making authority may differ from women to women and differ from literate to illiterate women. So, the target of this study is to know the difference between literate and illiterate women�s decision making authority in the family and society among the Bodo and Rabha community�s women of Baksa District, Assam. The methodology of the study is a descriptive analysis based on primary and secondary data. The primary data are collected from 320 respondent women from the district with a simple stratified random sampling technique. The quantitative data are analyzed in a descriptive statistical (percentage) method. The finding of the study reveals that though mild differences, but literate women are taking decisions more in most important areas like land property, education, household utensil purchasing, at expense of self-earning and payment to household workers than the illiterate women.