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The objective of the present study is to study the livelihood pattern among tribal women of Southern Rajasthan. The study was conducted in three district viz. Dungarpur, Udaipur and Banswara due to highest concentration of tribal population. There were 120 tribal women from each district constituting a sample of 360 tribal women from the three districts. Findings of the study reveal that, crop based livelihood was accounted as the primary source of income for half of the respondents (50%). It was followed by wage based (14.16%), forest based (11.94%) and animal husbandry based livelihood (8.61%). Some of the respondents had poultry based (6.38%), business based (6.38%) and horticulture based livelihood activities (2.50%). Some of the respondents (19.61%) had animal husbandry as a secondary source of income whereas, horticulture based livelihood (18.88%), wage earning (16.38%), forest based (9.99 %), poultry and business were also followed by 2.49 per cent and 0.54 per cent respondents respectively as secondary means of livelihood.