Women in the modern hi – tech society, which is moving very fast under the shadow of population explosion, conflicts, chaos and corruptions, can mould the personality of the adolescents and youth in a proper direction and perspective, provided the women are themselves empowered. Educating the new generation girls and women ready to empowering her with the skills are necessary for economic independence. It is the only long – term solution for the betterment of girls and women in India. By looking at the fact, the present piece of research work was aimed at studying the empowerment of working and non – working women with particular reference to Ara district of Bihar State, India. In the present study one hundred eighty (N=180) women comprising working women (n=80) and non – working women (n=80) were randomly selected from different organizations, namely. Schools, colleges, banks, and houses etc located at in and around Ara district. Total subjects‟ age were ranged between 25 - 45 years belonging to lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic status groups. Data were collected through questionnaire schedules. Having collected the data, individual scores were obtained for giving statistical treatment. Finally, obtained results revealed the significant difference between the group of working women and non – working women in terms of their degree of perceived reactions on Psychological empowerment. Significant differences were also found in all the dimensions of psychological empowerment viz., „Self – Efficacy‟; Self – Esteem‟; and „psychology of well – being‟, although working women scored higher degree in all the dimensions of psychological empowerment scale than non – working women residing in Ara district of Bihar, India. Results have been discussed in detail by giving the appropriate reasons.