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Social exclusion means excluding a section of people from the social system, where the particular section's rights and privileges are refused, forcing them to face poverty, deprivation and hardship. Social exclusion refers to the way in which individuals are being cut off from their full involvement larger society. A sample of 452 Dalit women in 18- 45 years is selected randomly in 10 villages of five Districts out of 9 Districts in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu. The employment opportunity is more for husbands compared to female respondents. The standard of living seems to be at low level for 14.6 percent of families, medium level for majority of family in 74.6 percent and 10.8 percent of families at high level of standard of living. More problems are faced by the respondents while practicing the human rights equality and discrimination on ground of caste and knowing the human rights and practicing them is limited and there is a long way to improve them Scheduled Caste women. The other category variables of significant variable which is more likely to know the human rights can be promoted to influence its effect on knowledge of human rights.