The present study is aimed at assessing the burden among the caregivers of the elderly in rural families and to standardize and compare Burden Assessment Scale (BAS) and Caregivers’ Reaction Assessment scale (CRA) in Indian context. A Sample of 300 (176 women and 124 men) caregivers of the elderly was selected using a systematic sampling method from three village panchayats of a predominantly rural mandal (Padmanabham) of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. An interview schedule covering basic socio-demographic data and the two measures i.e. BAS and CRA was used to collect data from the caregivers. Findings reveal that burden and satisfaction of care giving is associated with sex and age of caregiver, and family income. A large percentage of caregivers expressed satisfaction about the care-giving role played by them. However, only a small percentage of women, as compared to men, expressed satisfaction about their care-giving role probably because the major burden of caring the elderly was actually shouldered by women rather than by men. Similarly, more women caregivers reported tiredness and worsening health due to stress arising out of their care giving roles. Lastly, evidence showed that higher age and lower income was found to bring down the caregiver satisfaction significantly.