The Department is divided into seven Sections, three Sections headed by a Deputy Secretary namely; (i ) Nutrition (ii) Women Welfare and (iii) Handicapped Welfare and two Sections headed by a Under Secretary namely; (iv) Child Welfare (v) Social Defence. The work relating to Integrated Child Development Services and Coordination is under the charge of P.C-cum-Depety Secretary while the work relating to Plan, Budget and Audit is under the charge of Financial Adviser-cum-Joint Secretary who looks after the work of this Department. 

The Department has an elaborate field formation with the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) to assist the Collector in each District and a Sub-divisional Social Welfare Officer (SSWO) in every sub-division. Besides this, there are Social Educational Organizers (SEOs) and Lady Social Educational Organizers (LSEOs) at the Block level who assist the Block Administration in implementing the social welfare programmes. Under the ICDS, there is a Project in every Community Development Block headed by a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) and 12 ICDS Projects in 12 urban areas. Each ICDS Project is divided into 5-6 Sectors. Each sector is headed by a Supervisor, who oversees the work of 20-25 Anganwadi Centres (AWC)  functioning at the village level. Each Anganwadi Centre covers a population of about 1000 in the non-tribal areas and 700 in the tribal areas and is run by an Anganwadi Worker (AWW) assisted by an Anganwadi Helper (AWH).

At the state level, the Department has a composite Directorate working within the Department itself headed by the Director, Social Welfare. An organogram of the Deptt. is at Annexure-I. The Department has under its aegis four statutory bodies, namely:
(a) State Commission for Women (SCW)
(b) State Council for Child Welfare (SCCW),
(c) State Social Welfare Board (SSWAB)
(d) Mahila Vikas Samabaya Nigam (MVSN).