Knowledge and Attitude of Beneficiary and Non-Beneficiary Members of SHG in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh

Half of the Indian population were women but they were not provided with equal rights and opportunities as men. In order to empower women, they should be self-reliant which could be done with the SHG by providing micro-finance. To promote SHG, it becomes necessary to understand the knowledge and attitude level of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of SHG. The present study was conducted at Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. In Kurnool district, Kurnool division was selected purposively. In Kurnool, 6 villages were selected and in each village 1 SHG group with 10 beneficiaries and 10 non-beneficiaries were selected thus, constitutes 60 beneficiaries and 60 non-beneficiaries. The primary data was gathered with the help of interview schedule and the secondary data was gathered with the help of previous studies. The collected data were tabulated and analysed with suitable statistical tools and the findings were presented. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents were middle aged with primary level of education and member of an institution. They also possess medium level of knowledge and attitude because of medium level of institutional participation.