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Abstract Present study was designed to investigate the impact of socio-economic status on mental health and also to search the relationship between socio-economic status and mental health. As a sample 100 respondents were classified considering their levels of socio-economic status into high and low category into two equal groups. Product moment correlation was used to search the relationship between levels of socio-economic status with mental health. Comparison between high and low socio-economic status respondent was made using �t� Test of significance. For measuring mental health, questionnaire developed by Dr. R. D. Helode was used, and for measuring socio-economic status, scale constructed by Ranbir Singh & Satih Kumar was used. Findings of the study revealed positive significant relationship between levels of socio-economic status and mental health. However, significant variation exist between high and low socio-economic status respondents on mental health, where high socio-economic status respondent found superior over low socioeconomic status subjects.