The present research was conducted to study achievement motivation of senior secondary school students in relation to their self-confidence. The sample comprised of 100 students 50 students from urban area and 50 students from rural area. The researcher had used descriptive method for collecting data and applied various statistical technique i.e. mean, standard deviation, ‘t’-test and correlation for analyzing the data. The result showed that there exist a significant difference between the urban and rural students of their achievement motivation and selfconfidence. The study suggested that increase in achievement motivation scores leads to increase in self-confidence scores and vice-versa