<p><p> Kerala, the tiny state in the Southwest corner of the Indian peninsula, has received worldwide attention for its unique </p> <div>development experience which is often called as Kerala Model of Development. The uniqueness of the Kerala model </div> <div>lies in the high social development with a low percapita income. Kerala has made significant achievements in the field </div> <div>of educational and Health sectors which is almost comparable to that of developed countries. Moreover, Kerala has been quite different from </div> <div>the rest of the country in terms of the indicators of women development. Kerala has a favourable sex ratio of 1084 in 2011. Similarly in terms of </div> <div>literacy, life expectancy, and mean age at marriage, women in Kerala score higher than any other state in the country. The main objective of this </div> <div>paper is to examine the status of women in Kerala by analyzing the literacy rate and Female Work Participation rate on the basis of Census Data. </div> <div>However, in spite of the outstanding achievements in the Human Development and Gender Equality indicators, Kerala lags behind other states </div> <div>in terms of women empowerment especially in terms of the rate of women work participation.</div></p>