In all the societies around the world it is the women who manage and perform household production. Researchers have pointed out that women devote 6-8 hours daily in household chores yet they remain unpaid. The paper aims to explore tribal women’s time expenditure pattern in household care and maintenance in terms of work structure. Tribal women spent 534 minutes daily in household care and maintenance. Women in advanced region spent relatively more time in household care and maintenance as compared to backward region. Non-market respondents had more time to devote on household care and maintenance. Hence in place of cumbersome equipment simple, low cost, user friendly, subsidized technical equipment should be introduced for tribal women. Adequate effort should be made to impart necessary training and skill to women folk.

Keyword: Work Structure, HM, SP, VMP, OVMP