International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 2 12 2013 December 14 Participation of Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions: A Sociological Study of Haryana, India 47 50 EN H. VenkatLakshmi 1 Dept. of Human Development and Research Centre, Smt VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Seshadri Road, Bangalore-560 001, INDIA Navya S. 2 Khan MuhammadNisar 1 Social Sciences Research institute, (NARC), Islamabad, PAKISTAN Shah Hassnain 2 Akhtar Ali 3 SaqibShakeel Abassi 4 Letshwiti-Macheng Pelonomi 1 Independent Consultant, DADERUSO consultancies, Gaborone, BOTSWANA Modie Tirelo 2 University of Botswana, Gaborone, BOTSWANA Boipono Macheng 3 Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, BOTSWANA Karthikeyan R. 1 Department of social work, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Mangaleswaran R. 2 Bilal ZahidMuhammad 1 Centre for Media and Communication Studies, University of Gujrat, Post code 50700 Gujrat, Punjab, PAKISTAN Sarah 2 Leadership and Management Studies, National Defense University, Post code 4400 Islamabad, PAKISTAN HassanSyed Ali 3 Das Suranjan 1 Department of Sociology, Assam University Silchar, Cachar, Assam, INDIA Antony Jimmy 1 Department of Community Medicine, M.O.S.C Medical College, Kolenchery, Kerala, INDIA Celine T.M 2 Senior Allied Health Officer, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland state of Australia, AUSTRALIA Chacko Michale 3 Vikas Nandal 1 M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, INDIA > Research Paper 2013 10 15 2013 December 14 The present study “Participation of Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions” conducted on the sample of 50 women respondents from village Anwali District Sonipat, Haryana, India. Stratified sampling technique was adopted for selecting the sample from different wards of the village. Interview Schedule was used to collect primary data from the respondents. Analysis revealed that the awareness and constitutional knowledge of women was not satisfactory. Participation level of women in Gram Panchayats only limited, only to remain as voter. Some of the women respondents even do not know the functioning of Gram Panchayat. In Gram Panchayat election their husband and family decided that to whom that have to give vote, women do not have their own choice. Copyright@ International Science Community Association