The importance for rural economy and agricultural activities always retained primary attention in India. In India women consist more than 60% of the total agricultural labour force. Rural women are engaging in some of the most laborious and very hard work pertaining to agriculture under various harsh climatic conditions and for the meagre earnings. As it is seen that without the participation of women in agriculture it is impossible to imagine the completion of agricultural productions throughout the country. However, the roles of rural women in agriculture are also looked down and not acknowledged as it should have been. In most of the situations rural women were unpaid or less paid for their contribution in the field of agriculture owing to its informal and non organizational sector. Hence the present study has been placed in this context to analyse and examine the socio-economic conditions of rural women working in agricultural sectors, particularly in the district of Dharwad in Karnataka state. In the study it is found that there is gender discrimination at agricultural work, while choosing the women, assigning work to women, paying wages and including the number of hours of work. Pertaining to the health status of rural working women in Dharwad district it was found that the majority of them were facing many health problems. Further, many more interesting findings have been analysed in this study.