Abstract:  In the field of development, gender issues are becoming increasingly important. Gender is a primary marker of social and economic stratification and, as a result, of exclusion. Regardless of one’s socioeconomic class, there are systematic gender differences in material well-being, although the degree of inequality varies across countries and over time .Many personalities have worked for women empowerment which can be fill the gap between gender inequality and gender equality because with the help of women empowerment we can meet the target of complete gender equality. Education is crucial need for women empowerment. Education not only helps in just development of human being yet it helps to face the challenges of society and empowers oneself. This paper analyses issues related to the Gender inequality and recent trend in gender. The different tables’ discussion shows that female sex and literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh. Census of 2011 shows that the highest and lowest literacy level difference between male and female is also vast which shows that gender inequality. Many programs are running to overcome the issues but yet they are not enough so to achieve the vision 2020, more actions are to be taken so that the desired result could be achieved.

Keywords: gender inequality, women empowerment, literacy rate, sex ratio.