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Abstract: A United Nations assessment on healthcare found that even while just 27% of Indians reside in metropolitan areas, nearly 75% of the country's healthcare infrastructure, including medical professionals and physicians, is concentrated there. According to a KPMG analysis published in 2017, India has more physicians than the average country in the world, yet 74% of them only serve 442 million people, or a third of the country's urban population. According to figures from the government's department of health and family welfare, there are 81% too few doctors in the country to staff rural community health facilities, and 63% of hospital beds are owned by private companies. The availability of primary healthcare services is very low in remote village areas, despite the government's active efforts to improve the current health care systems by opening primary health centres and providing free medical amenities to rural poor women and children. The Indian government's budget forecasts a noticeable increase in spending on health of more than 27%. The budget forecast for 2017-18 has been raised to a net amount of Rs. 47,352.51 crore, up from Rs. 37,061.55 crore in 2016-17. This will promote the national health mission and make tertiary care, medical education, and human resources more visible. Due to diverse social and economic factors, the needs for health care are different for the rural population than they are in the cities. the rural people, and especially women, are heavily involved in the labour movement for agriculture, but there are numerous difficulties, including problems with agriculture, health concerns, a lack of sufficient elementary education, and a lack of understanding of many government programmes and advantages. Based on the aforementioned difficulties, the current study attempts to determine how women in rural Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, perceive and are aware of health issues. The study's findings revealed that the respondents had a thorough understanding of health-related issues and were aware of the numerous government programmes and programmes aimed at assisting rural women and children in leading healthier lives.