Social capital in self-help groups has a crucial
role in empowerment and welfare of community. By
social capital, community could access networks,
information, and external resources for their interests.
Self-help groups in Mulyorejo and Karangnongko
Village play a role in management and distribution
system of methane gas from Supit Urang and Paras
landfill. However, under self-help group management,
the development and sustainability of methane gas
utilization program tend to decline. This research aims
to evaluate the differences of social capital in community
of methane gas users in Mulyorejo Village and
Karangnongko Village by using the Social Network
Analysis (SNA). The results demonstrate that the rate of
participation, density, and centrality in Karangnongko
Village community is better than Mulyorejo Village.
Additionally, there are no different significant result in
the typology of social capital, both study areas are
showing bonding social capital.
Keywords : Social Capital, Self-help Group, Methane Gas.