The study was conducted in Gadag district of North Karnataka to know the extent of empowerment of rural women through income generating activity. The extent of gain in empowerment through income generating activity was 24.6 per cent. Education, land holding, income of the family and social participation and mass media participation showed highly significant association with empowerment whereas, age, material possession, marital status, caste, family type and family size had no association with empowerment of rural  women.