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The term empowerment refers strengthen the power. Empowerment could be defined in multi dimensional ways, e.g., welfare, upliftment of the power, all round development, healthy confidence level, self sufficiency, skillfulness, healthy decision making capacity, more vocal in public platform etc., of the people. The women are the backbone of a society. The development of nation is dependent upon the development women as equally with male. The policy makers and the well-wishers of the society realized that without development of women, a country cannot achieve its desired goals. The Self Help Group has been getting impetus in the path of rural development. The increase in women's awareness and flexibility of works through SHGs, inculcates the rural women towards self sufficient cum all round independent. The Self Help Group is now considered as a well known platform for women empowerment. Infect, emergence of SHG is considered as the turning point for rural development. This paper seeks to enquire how the women SHG members are being benefitted and empowered. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative assessment through this study, this paper discourses the role of SHG in women empowerment through execution of some activities. The findings asserted that women SHG members are getting impetus for social and economic empowerment.