Purpose: To establish the occurrence and prevalence of dry eye in postmenopausal women in a rural hospital and also to establish the effect of age on dry eye. Material and methods: Female patients of postmenopausal age groups, i.e. 45 years and above age group, attending Ophthalmology Out Patient Department at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi, Wardha underwent complete eye check-up. Patients suffering from Lid disorders, trauma, diabetes, contact lens wearers, on medications which can cause dry eye and those not giving consent were excluded from the study. Their detailed ophthalmological examination was carried out and also their evaluation by the physician was done. Schirmer's test 1 was done for diagnosis of dry eye. Discussion: In this study, total 500 female patients were examined, out of which 185 fit the criteria for our study, i.e., they presented with dry eye. So the prevalence came out to be 37%.The 185 female patients included were between the age group of 45 and above years of age.So they were divided into five age groups. First 45 to 49 years of age which included 20 females, second was 50 to 54 years of age which included 31 females, third was 55 to 59 years of age which included 52 females, fourth was 60 to 64 years of age which included 60 females and fifth was above 64 years of age which included 22 females. According to our study, as age progressed, the percentage of patients with dry eye increased with the Pearson's Correlation Factor (r=0.9714).The minimum percentage of dry eye was in patients within the age group of 45-49 years i.e. 30% while a maximum number of patients with the dry eye was in patients > 64 years of age i.e. 44%.This proves that dry eye incidence increases in post-menopausal women, as age progresses. Conclusion: The prevalence of dry eye occurring in Central India among postmenopausal women came out to be 37% in our study. Also, it was established that as age progresses in postmenopausal women, the prevalence of dry eye increases.