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Transgender (or gender identity) is the expression of a person�s gender which is different from the gender which they are born with. A well-known definition of the word �spirituality� in scientific literature is �Spirituality is a quality that goes beyond religious affiliation that strives for inspiration, reverence, meaning and purpose even in those who do not believe in any God�. Objective: The present study aimed to know the spiritual belief among the transgenders in the residential area of urban and rural. It also aimed to check spiritual belief with reference to age and residential area. Method: The sample constituted total 60 transgenders out of which 30 were from age of 25 to 35 years from residential area rural and urban both ; and 30 were from age of 36 to 45 years from residential area rural and urban both. Tool: The Spiritual Belief Scale (SBS) (2012) prepared by Dr. Hemant Deshmukh and Dr. (Mrs.) Neelam Deshmukh (2012) was used; the collected data was analyzed by inferential statistics (�t� test). Results and Conclusion: through results it can be inferred that the data has significance difference between the mean score of spiritual belief among the transgenders of age i.e. 25 to 35 years and 36 to 45 years. Therefore it could be said that, transgenders of age of 25 to 35 years group show high spiritual belief than transgenders of age of 36 to 45 years group and non-significance was observed among the mean score of spiritual belief among residential area of urban and rural area.