A study on ‘Maternal health and child care knowledge among farm women and associated factors’ was conducted at University of Agricultural Sciences, on 300 farm women selected from Hubballi and Dharwad thalukas of Dharwad district, Karnataka state. Maternal health and child care knowledge questionnaire developed by AICRP-CD unit from PJTSAU was used for the study. Results on component wise maternal health and child care knowledge revealed that, more than 50 per cent of rural women were found to have average knowledge level of health, hygiene and high knowledge level of nutrition. Overall maternal health and child care knowledge showed that, about 54.3 percent of women had ‘poor’ knowledge about maternal health and child care while 45.7 per cent had ‘average’ and none of the respondents had ‘good’ knowledge regarding maternal health and child care. Among associated factors age, occupation and SES factors were found to have significant influence on maternal health and child care knowledge of rural women. Knowledge of rural women was found to be associated with age and literacy status of the mother. So, there is a need to give educational interventions to improve knowledge level of all reproductive age group women especially adolescent girls, married, pregnant and lactating mothers.