Abstract:
This study is an exploratory study that attempts to identify the roles and responsibilities of
Santal women in their family life, explore the Santal women’s status in social life, assess the
Santal women’s access to financial resources, analyze the Santal women’s scopes of
education and employment and finally examine the potentials of socio-economic
developments for the Santal women. The study takes mixed method as its methodological
approach. The theoretical approach to explain the findings were cultural hegemony and
assimilation. Sample survey, FGD and case study were implemented in this study. This study
ends with some recommendations like sanctioning economic help, omitting the wage
difference and revising the property inheritance system. Finally it reveals that cultural
hegemony was the reason behind their religious conversion from Sanatan Dharma to
Christianity. This also revealed that the level of assimilation is still low among the Santal
women.
