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Abstract : According to Gandhiji's Gram-Swaraj vision, villages and in particular farmers were to be the main focus of any development plan for India after independence. The factors that influence an individual's feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, and helplessness are numerous, cumulative, repeating, and progressive, and they are undoubtedly influenced by his or her mental health status as well as their social strengths and limitations. To assess the level of depression among the farmers of selected villages of Gurugram, Haryana and to determine association of level of depression with selected socio-demographic Variables. A exploratory descriptive research design was conducted on 120 farmers were drawn through convenient sampling technique. The data was collected with the help of Beck depression inventory scale-II. The major findings of the study are 44.2 percent of subjects were in the age group of 44-66 year, 81.7 Percent of the subjects were male, 96.7 percent of the subjects were Hindu, 46.7 percent of subjects have secondary education, 60 percent of subjects had the family annual income of <2.5 lakh, 80 percent of subjects were married, 79.2 percent of subjects belongs to nuclear family, 28.3 percent of subjects are having the habit of smoking, 33.3 percent of subjects had 2 children, 58.3 percent of subjects are not having any source of financial support, 38.3 percent of subjects were working for 8-10 hours, 59.2 percent of subjects had the history of medical illness, 90.8 percent of subjects have own land, 50 percent of subjects have taken the loan from the bank and 50 percent have not taken loan from the bank, 63.3 percent of subjects have not faced any loss recently. Majority 33.3 percent are having moderate depression, 29.2 percent are having mild depression, 20 percent are having the minimal depression and remaining 17.5 percent are having severe depression. Keywords: Farmers; Depression; Beck depression inventory scale II; Rural community