Rural Women and Domestic Violence:A Sociological Study of Haryana

The word violence refers to the crime and physical force. Domestic violence is a problem that affects the lives of many women both in the urban and the rural areas. Women have been the vulnerable section of the society and constitute a sizeable segment of the population of India. Women have been vulnerable to violence and exploitation such as harassment, taunts, abuses, battering, molestation, rape, dowry deaths, mental and physical torture. The present paper has been prepared with a view to discuss the various issues related to the domestic violence against Women in rural areas. This study was conducted in Karnal and Sirsa districts of Haryana state. From these districts two blocks namely Indri from Karnal and Bada Gudha from Sirsa district were selected randomly. From the selected blocks, four villages namely Kheri Maan Singh and Jain pura Sidhana (Indri) and Biru wala, Burj Bhangu (Bada Gudha) were drawn randomly. From the selected villages, 200 respondents were also selected randomly. Study revealed that majority of respondents (60%) faced domestic violence in various forms. Further analysis revealed that out of 120 respondents, who faced domestic violence, 92.50 per cent faced emotional violence and 90.83 per cent faced verbal violence.