The valuable studies over the rural poverty is originated in the last 4 decades in the country, but no exact and precise assessment is achieved from these studies and therefore, it can be considered that the lack of such data and achievements related to rural poverty play a role as obstacles in recognition of causes and reasons in this regard. In this article, it is tried to represent a variety of assessment and recognition methods and attitudes, and even this phenomenon (rural poverty) is defined in a clear way. This article has taken advantages of documents and evidences related to the phenomenon, so that it can provide a clear definition and its situation in village societies in country. Finally, we have tried to bring some facts into consideration in order to make a perfect evaluation system for studying the poverty in rural areas. The method which is used to provide this article is documentary method and meta-analysis for obtaining a better recognition about the situation of poverty in rural communities in Iran.