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Self Help Group has a positive impact in social, political, economic and educational sphere. It is playing a vital role in developing rural areas and rural people. SHG also pay a way for obtaining a method for raising money, skill development, ending social isolation; give a feeling of personal relation, social intimacy, social confidence etc. Self Help Group is an effective strategy for the empowerment of woman in rural as well as urban areas bringing woman together from all sphere. The selected location was Ranka, East Sikkim located 16 km away from Gangtok. The study was based to focus on functioning of SHG at Phenzong, Baliman. In the survey 6 SHG namely KURSONGREEP, UJWAL, PRERNA, LOTUS, AJAMBARI and MICKEL were interviewed. All the group mainly preferred agriculture as their foremost profession due to low level of education, knowledge in agricultural production, suitable climatic condition and fertility of soil. But LOTUS also practice bakery, handloom, and vermi-compost and AJAMBARI practice poultry farming as their secondary work. The paper also tries to look upon the economic and social impact, highlight the problems persisting and suggestion and measures are also given.