This article discusses some of the common barriers to communication like absence of a common frame of reference, badly encoded messages, disturbance in the transmission channel, poor retention, inattention by the receiver, semantic difficulties and so on. The process of transmitting information from an individual or group to another is a very complex process with many sources of potential error. By the time a message gets from a sender to a receiver, there are four basic places where transmission errors can occur and at each place, there are multitudes of potential sources of error. Social psychologists estimate that there is usually a 40-60% loss of meaning in the transmission of messages from sender to receiver. Communication can be effective only when both the sender and the receiver would be able to focus their mind meaningfully on the message. This indicates that successful communication can only take place if the listener has understood what the speaker has meant. Key Words: Barriers, Transmitting Information, Sender, Receiver