In developing countries like India, agricultural activities are expected to cause musculoskeletal disorders. Ninety women actively involved in agricultural activities in the Northern transitional agriculture zone were interviewed and the data on level of drudgery experiences, work related body disorders and the body sensitivity zones were collected in detail. Weeding was rated as very much demanding activity (4.67). Harvesting was experienced as exhausting activity with highest rating of 3.80. The posture assumed was painful in harvesting and sowing activities (3.60). Women perceived sowing (3.67) as most difficult activity. The total scores on drudgery experiences of women depicted that weeding was maximum drudgery prone activity with a score of 21.33 points followed by harvesting (20.87 points), sowing (20.73 points) and manuring (20.53). The total score on body disorders revealed that lower back was die first ranked sensitive zone (11.44) followed by shoulders and neck.
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