Women constitute almost half of the world’s population, account for 60 percent of the working hours, contribute up to 30 percent of the official labour force, yet receive only ten percent of the income and own less than one percent of the world’s property. The rural farm women have multifarious roles which demand more time and effort. The present study makes an attempt to analyse the demographic factors of farm women. The total sample of the study comprised of 240 farm women drawn purposively by Quota sampling method from 12 different villages of 4 mandals from 2 districts (Guntur & Kurnool) of Andhra Pradesh. The demographic variables (age, education, caste, income, land holding, socio economic status, farming experience, age at marriage, marital status and number of children) were studied through a general information schedule. The profile analysis of farm women with respect to the demographic characteristics revealed that a majority of the farm women were middle aged, illiterates, had low income, belonged to small farmer category, had low material possession with low socioeconomic status, medium family size, nuclear families, married earlier, with a high farming experience.

Keyword: Farmwomen, Socio-economic Status, Agriculture.