The study assesses the prevalence and forms of violence against women, particularly domestic violence in a rural community, the community’s perception of and attitude towards violence against women, the factors which contribute to its perpetuation and their suggestions for reduction and prevention of violence. Qualitative methods like free listing, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews of men and women were used. Based on the findings from the qualitative approaches, a representative sample survey was conducted covering 139 men and 152 women selected from 12 villages of Savli taluka of Vadodara district, Gujarat. The frequently reported forms of violence in the community were verbal abuse like scolding, taunting, and abusive language. Slapping, kicking/punching/hitting with an object, pulling by the hair/dragging, forced sex, were the types of physical abuse reported. Mental torture by not giving money for household expenditure, criticizing the quality of food cooked by the wife, labeling the wife as characterless, threatening to divorce her or go to other women and abusing the wife's natal family was reported. One-third of the women and an almost equal percentage of men reported having been mistreated by their husbands/having mistreated their wives in the last 6 months.