The status of women is a multidimensional concept referring to women's access to and control over valued material and social resources and/or to women's power and autonomy, i.e., women's ability to control important events in their lives or their freedom control by others, especially others in family or household. All the world over, the status of women in general is undergoing a change, on the basis of several determinants, and India is no exception. The privileges and roles of Indian women have been undergoing a change according to their social characteristics. It may be said in general...