This study is concerned with the measurement of three types of indices related to women empowerment in India on the basis of three specific dimensions namely economic, household and physical movement decision based on normal deviate weighting of response categories and fertility differentials as mean number of total children ever born utilizing the data recorded in Demographic and Health Survey, 2005-06 . The suitability of the women empowerment is investigated through DHS data on factors such as age, place of residence, highest level of education, caste, religion and wealth index. The results reveal that the categories belonging to urban areas, higher education, Hindu Community except in Economic decision making index (EDMI) and richest wealth index provide higher women empowerment in EDMI and Physical movement index (PMI) while indices are at par in Household decision making index (HDMI) lowering mean number of total children ever born because of the women awareness about their rights in comparison to their counterparts.
