Socio- Personal Profile of Women Affecting Water and Forest Management in Micro Watershed Areas in Nainital district of Uttarakhand

The water and forest management in hills welbeing is prime need of the hilly areas for sustainable lively hood of the residents. The well developed and managed water and forest in hills is directly related to the socio-personal development of the village women. Hence, the present study was conducted in Nainital district of Uttarakhand to study the socio-personal and psychological economical profile of women in the study area and their role in the management of water and forest. The study results revealed that the majority of the respondents were middle to old aged, general cast, joint family,  had medium family size, primary to middle level of formal education, engaged in 2-3 occupations, above poverty line, rearing milk and meat livestocks. Half of the respondents (50 per cent) had ‘high’ level of fatalism whereas 37.33 per cent had ‘medium’ level of fatalism. The respondents had medium participation in water and high participation in forest management activities. With water management activities, age and occupation while with forest management activities, occupation had significant positive correlation.