The study intends to show how through the practice of witchcraft women in Santal society gain a power or strength, both physically and mentally, which very often act as a suppressed desire of women empowerment. At the very outset the term women empowerment has been discussed. Then the paper shows the actual status of women in Santal society. The fact becomes quite obvious that like a typical patriarchal mainstream society Santal society treats woman as an untrustworthy negligible being who cannot fulfil the real demands of life. Not only that, society has also imposed many rules and taboos on Santal women. But the practice of witchcraft helps women to exercise power in Santal society. An analysis of select Santal folktales will help us to understand how through the practice of witchcraft Santal women very often apply ultimate power in society. To a large extent it seems to be that they are seeking to establish women empowerment through their authority.
