Vol. 1, Issue 13, Part I (2015)

Abstract
Entrepreneurship stands as a vehicle to improve the quality of life for individuals, families and communities and to sustain a healthy economy and environment. The majority of the rural population depends directly on agriculture. Rural entrepreneurship can play an important role for the growth of a country. The present study is an exploratory research work that was focused on finding the difference between urban and rural male and female students for rural entrepreneurship. A sample of 240 students was considered for study. 120 students were male and rest 120 students were female. Random convenient sampling was used to collect the data. Chi-square test was used to interpret the data. Results revealed that there was no significant difference between the urban and rural male students for taking rural entrepreneurship as a career. But there is significant difference between urban and rural female students for taking rural entrepreneurship as a career.