What Are The Kinds Of Cooperative Society?

A Cooperative Society is basically an autonomous organization of people who have united voluntarily for attaining a common social, economic or cultural needs by means of a jointly owned and democratically controlled organization.

There are several different types of a cooperative society. The major kinds of Cooperative societies are as follows:


Building cooperative
Retailers' cooperative
Utility cooperative
Worker cooperative
Business and employment co-operative
Housing cooperative

Social cooperative

Consumers' cooperative
Agricultural cooperative
Cooperative banking
Federal cooperatives