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Pre-conception Care and Pre-conception Health is the major concern in the worldwide including India. This study has been designed in order to compare knowledge, attitude & expressed practices of the urban and rural married women regarding eugenics in Barara Village, Holy Village and MCH Barara.Purposive sampling method was adopted. The necessary data were gathered with a self-structured questionnaire. Comparisons of frequency of variables between urban and rural areas were tested by chi square test, t test, Pearson test and ANOVA test.A total of 150 and 168 married women were selected from urban and rural areas respectively. In Urban areas, majority of the married women were in the age group of 29-35 years whereas in rural areas, they were in 22-28 years. Knowledge level was average among urban areas as compared to the below average level in rural areas whereas, level of attitude among both areas was moderately favorable towards eugenics. Non-Traditional practices towards eugenics were more practiced in both urban and rural areas.Knowledge, attitude, and expressed practice levels towards eugenics were not acceptable in order to achieve the sustainable goal of reduced maternal and infant mortality rate. There is a need of planning an educational based intervention to achieve sustainable developmental goals.