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In philosophy, the women symbolize the mother`s natural feminine characteristics in the universe. Caesarean section is a surgical procedure in which incision is made through a mother`s abdomen and uterus to deliver one or more babies. It is usually performed when a vaginal delivery would put a baby�s or mother�s life or health at risk. The WHO recommended that the rate of caesarean section should not exceed 15% in any country. METHODOLOGY Quantitative research approach was adopted to achieve the objectives of the study, which was felt to be most appropriate for its practicability in real life situation. It has the advantages of practicability, feasibility and to a certain extent for generalization. Research design was descriptive research design. The study was conducted at cherlopalli, Chittoor district. Population includes rural women at cherlopalli, Chittoor district. Sample size consists of 100 rural women under inclusion criteria. Non probability convenient sampling technique was adapted for the present study based on inclusion criteria. RESULTS The present study revealed -that among 100 rural women 45% had inadequate knowledge 34%had moderate and only 21% had adequate knowledge regarding self-care of post caesarean section. There is need for health education to the rural women to enhance the knowledge. The women�s knowledge regarding self-care of post caesarean section the sample mean-scores were 22.43 with standard deviation 7.21. There was significant association between knowledge scores of women on self care of- post caesarean section with their selected demographic variables like age in years, religion, educational status of the women, educational status of the spouse, occupation of the women, family income per month in rupees, history of previous caesarean section, source of information related to caesarean section at 0.01 level. Hence H02 was rejected. And some of the variables as type of family and gravida has not shown significant association. CONCLUSION The obtained findings led to the following conclusions. The present study revealed that among 100 rural women 45% had inadequate knowledge 34%had moderate and only 21% had adequate knowledge regarding self-care of post caesarean section. There is need for health education to the rural women to enhance the knowledge.