In the empowerment discourse, empowerment has been defined as expansion of freedom of choices and action. It means increasing one's life choices (World Bank) and therefore the capacity to challenged existing power relations of the society (UNDP). It implies that women empowerment is the process of acquiring control by women over resources and their own lives. It wider phenomenon and can't reduce to or understood only by lower fertility rates as in Indian context it doesn't change the prevailing gender power relations of society. Achievement of lower birthrate has culminated in sex selected abortions and son preferences even among educated sections of society. In the absence of any wider socio-structural change it'd be too naive to assume that education and women empowerment has direct and proportional relationship. Education plays a role in women empowerment but the link among the 2 is quite complex and multi layered. Hence, it's important and pertinent to ask how do women give some thought to their empowerment? Do they feel empowered after being educated? If yes in what ways and the way do they define it. Does education help them in control over their lives and challenging the power relations? Hence there's a necessity to check the women's perception about empowerment and the way do they visualize the role of education in it. The current study is an endeavor to answer the assorted questions like how do women perceive empowerment and role of education in their empowerment? and Do their sense of empowerment increase with increase in the years of schooling?.

Keywords: Empowerment, Education, Development, Experience, Achievement, Productivity, Capacity.