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ABSTRACT Background: Cervical cancer poses a significant global burden and remains a serious therapeutic challenge. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, with around 6,60,000 new cases in 2022. Virtually all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to genital Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Cervical cancer is an easily preventable disease; the morbidity rate can be minimized by early detection of risk factors, proper screening and vaccination. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 500 women between the age group of 25-45 years, residing in rural areas of Bagalkot, selected using convenient sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire with interview method was used to gather information about risk factors of cervical cancer. Chi square test was used to uncover the relationship between risk factors of cervical cancer and socio-demographic variables. Results: 49.4% women were at low risk, 32% women had no risk, 13% women had medium risk and 5.4% were highly risk for getting cervical cancer. A significant association was found between risk factors of cervical cancer and age (?2 =30.03, P<0.05), educational status (?2 = 95.4, P<0.05), family monthly income (?2 = 124.5, P<0.05), marital status (?2 =24.1, P<0.05), occupation (?2 = 39.6, P<0.05) and type of diet (?2 = 21.9, P<0.05) at the position of significance of 0.05. Conclusion: After evaluation of risk factors of cervical cancer among women between 25-45 years, it was found that most women were having the risk for cervical cancer and need educational programmes to develop awareness regarding prevention of cervical cancer.