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Kudumbashree, a women self-help group movement, isan interventional tool for the empowerment women in Kerala. Various income generating activities are undertaken by the members of Kudumbashree units for their empowerment and also for creating employment. Livestock farming is one of the important income generating activities carried out successfully for fulfilling the above said purposes. There are several livestock enterprises chosen by the Kudumbashree units and one such livestock activity is Ksheerasagaram ,a dairy farming venture. A study was carried out to analyse the socio-economic profile of Ksheerasagaram beneficiaries in Wayanad district. By adopting multi stage technique the beneficiaries were selected and data was collected usingthe personal interview.The study revealed that majority of theKsheerasagarambeneficiaries studied were of middle age, belonging to Hindu religion and unreserved communities.It could also be observed that majority of them were living as nuclear families and size of the family was three to four members. Primary occupation was animal husbandry with above ten years of experience. Land owned by majority of beneficiaries was below one acre withsmall herd size.