The eligible couples of rural India have to face different socio-economic and physical challenges. Maternal mortality is one of the major public health challenges in rural India. The major objectives of the study were to identify the key issues related to family planning, the impact of postpartum family planning in maternal health and to analyse the barriers faced in accepting postpartum family planning. Postpartum family planning is a crucial intervention to meet the challenges of maternal health through proper spacing between pregnancies. A quantitative study was done through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The study emphasised the need of postpartum family planning into maternal health services. While level of awareness was high in respect of family planning services, but knowledge and utilisation of postpartum family planning were inadequate. The study highlighted health-related fears, lack of partner support and services as major barriers to postpartum family planning and the need for integrating postpartum family planning into routine maternal health services, as well as strengthening the family planning counselling skills, concern about male involvement in family planning, etc.