Social audits were mandated by the Indian government to provide feedback mechanisms under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the world’s largest employment program. NREGA was launched in 2005 by the Indian government which aims to enhance the livelihood and security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing a hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. In order to avoid misuse or abuse of funding and monitor governance, social audits ask for beneficiaries to participate and verify government reports against their actual working experience under the program, including timely payments, working conditions, and so on. Social audits expect high participation rates from beneficiaries so as to collect sufficient information. However, it was challenging to have huge turnouts at the social audit meetings, and one reason is that residents could not perceive its direct relevance to their benefits at their outset.  This study examined the predictors of participation in social audits by setting Andhra Pradesh as an example. Data were retrieved from the Young Lives Survey collected in six districts of Andhra Pradesh in the third waive in 2009, with a total of 2936 households. A model using logistic regression analysis was built to predict participation in social audits. The findings show that having got financial support from NGOs in the past three years predicts 6.17 times (p<0.001) more likely of participation in social audits. Having participated in campaigns raising awareness was also significantly associated with higher participation in social audits (OR=1.84, p<0.05). However, they were not mediated by awareness of social audits which may imply that the dissemination of information about social audits through these two platforms were not sufficient. The study also found that home ownership has taken mediation effect from talking to neighbor, and predict participation in social audits by being fully mediated by awareness (OR=1.84, p<0.5).  This study suggested political relevant social capital as can be realized through organizationally engaged with platforms that enhance communication about relevant issues (social audits) can inform of more participation. Policy makers and practitioners can better utilize NGOs, civil societies, and campaigns as ways to disseminate information and raise awareness about social audits. Besides, more research is advocated.