When we look towards the initiatives taken by government of India to empower girls and eradicate female literacy, KGBV (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya) scheme played an important role in enrollment, education and empowerment of girls belonging to weaker sections in India. These schools have been established in educationally backward blocks especially from OBC, SC, ST and minority background. These backward blocks had witnessed gender gap in literacy above the national average and female literacy rate below the national average. Significant number of studies and reports produced the results that education as an agent, effect and instrument of social change enabled women to face the challenges of modern day socio-economic life. Further educated women played crucial role in economic and social transformation of traditional societies into modern and knowledgeable societies. Hence the role of education in empowering girls cannot be neglected anyway. The present study was conducted in order to gauge the role of KGBV schools in empowering girl child. The investigator relied on face to face interview schedule and personally contacted the target sample. The results of the study revealed that the KGBV initiative in girl education has positively transformed the enrolled girl students and influenced girl empowerment significantly. The study also concluded that girls enrolled in KGBV schools are performing well in socio-educational and cultural scenario as compared to girls enrolled in other secondary schools.