Females play an integral role in society, and societies are what constitute a nation. India is celebrating its 75th Independence Day and the government of India through its various schemes and initiatives has focused on the development of females. However, the pace of transformation is rather sluggish and the beneficiaries are still not empowered. This paper tracks the trajectory of female workforce participation in Haryana and examines its role in women's empowerment. However, Haryana is considered one of the developed states of India and it plays a significant role in national growth. What are the historic, economic, and social causes behind this low participation, which stretch the leg of females to go outside of the house? This study examines the rate of female work participation from all the districts of Haryana. For the analysis of the study, changes have been recorded from secondary data of census based on the period between 2001 to 2011. In Haryana, the proportion of female workforce has plummeted from 27.22 percent in 2001 to 17.79 percent (2011). However, the population of females are nearby 50 percent of the total population. In spite of development of the Haryana state the ratio of female workers is showing a decrease. what are the causes behind this low work participation of females. Some inducement for this low participation is enrolment of females in education institutions and its impetus to late entry in workforce, secondly due to increase in household income, the fact that females never articulate an interest in working, or the fact that her family impedes her from entering the workforce. Another foremost reason is lack of suitable job opportunities for the females. These explanations have been put forth as a possible explanation for the declining trend in female work participation. Objective of the study is compared and pattern of inequality in the female work participation rate in different district of Haryana.

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Keywords: Work Participation, Women Empowerment, Occupational Structure, Schemes.