Subject(s): Rural women -- Social conditions -- Women in development -- Educational Development -- Profile of women in India review, women in rural areas, demographic determinants, health and nutrition, education, economic determinants. social determinants, political awareness, status of women, demographic and health indicators, educational indicators, social and political indicators -- Social economic background of respondents -- Demographic and health indicators : Fertility, mortality, health indicators, sex ratio -- Educational indicators : Educational developments in Himachal Pradesh, education by sex and generation, dropout rate by sex and age, study outside the village, attitude regarding women's education -- Economic indicators : Educational developments in Himachal Pradesh, education by sex and generation, dropout rate by Sex and age, study outside the village, attitude regarding women's education -- Economic indicators : Household work, water and fuel collection, care of livestock, economic activities, agriculture, vegetation, horticulture, wage differences, access to cash, credit, land ownership, access to extension services, membership in co-operative organization -- Social and political indicators : marriage dowry, purdah, order in which family members take meals, women headed household, ownership of property, family authority, widow remarriage, property rights, voting behavior, social organization -- Demographic and health indicators, educational and economic indicators, social indicators -- women & empowerment