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Studies of gender and its relations to resources, cultural and environmental milieu has been an important theme in the social and cultural Geography. Bodos have patriarchal society which guide social norms and cultural conditions that have resulted into a distinct subordination of relationship on the basis of gender among the Bodos. This is reflected in the heritance of property between the male and female members in the family or in the community. Heritance of property by Bodo women is confined within tangible material goods like handloom items, share in agricultural products, dresses, gold-silver ornaments, domestic animals, etc. Bodo women are deprived of attaining the intangible and valuable properties like quality higher education, land ownership, right and freedom to economic activities, right and liberty for political standouts. Such practices of the society is an outcome of patriarchy and acceptance of women as paraya dhan i.e. (else's property) leading to gender disparity and poverty in the community as a whole. Overall sustainable development can only prevail in a community if the women are privileged to equally participate in the dynamics of property inheritance.