The study was conducted on mental health of elderly. The sample consisted of 40 male and 40 female elderly selected from two villages namely Tirlapur and Byahatti of Dharwad district in Karnataka state. The study emphasized on relationship between demographic variables and mental health of elderly and to know the mental health status and their dimension of elderly. Mental health inventory by Jagdish and Srivastav (1983), personal information schedule was used to collect data on status of mental health and the relationship between demographic variables and mental health of elderly. Results revealed that half (56%) of the elderly had very poor mental health status. Among rural area their significant difference between male and female elderly on mental health. It is interesting to note that however size of family was significantly and positively related to mental health.