The role of women especially poor woman is distinct from man when it comes to the reduction in poverty and the effort required for it. Women's work both paid and unpaid is indispensable for the survival and wellbeing of the households that are poor. Women as active economic actors are responsible in the production and processing of food for the household. They are also the primary care takers for the dependent members in the family – children, elderly and the sick members in the family. Women's income and labour is many a times utilised for making provisions for education to children, health and wellbeing of the family. Wellbeing gain to slum households due to gender differences is a crucial enquiry. To understand the gender bias in wellbeing attainment of poor households in slum the present study attempts to find out the difference in wellbeing index of male headed and female headed households in a slum in suburban area of Dombivli