To provide a twin type wheelchair allowing a care taker to act together with a care receiver and to maintain the health of the care taker by reducing a burden on the care taker.

This twin type wheelchair 1 has two seats 8 and 9 mounted adjacently left and right or front and rear. A running lever 4 for rotating a rotation shaft 7 of a wheel 5 is mounted on at least either one seat 8 or 9. A ratchet mechanism 3 is mounted between the rotation shaft 7 and the running lever 4, and by operating the running lever 4 by hand or foot in such a way as rowing a boat, the wheel 5 is turned in one direction utilizing the ratchet mechanism 3.