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Objectives: The present study was carried out in an urban community to study the incidence of Malaria, its determinants and Malariometric Indicators. Methods: Community based descriptive longitudinal study in an urban area under national vector borne disease control office of the city for a period of 12 months from 1st of January to 31st December 2015. All cases of Malaria in the city that were tested positive by peripheral smear examination at National Vector Borne Disease Control office of city were included in the study. After obtaining verbal consent, the patients were interviewed using a predesigned and pretested proforma. The data were analyzed considering the level of significance at 95%. Results: API of city (0.04) is less as compared to that of state Maharashtra (0.2) in 2014. 27(57.45%) were in age group 20-60 years which is statistically highly significant (p<0.001). Males (59.60%) outnumbered the females (40.40%). Male to female ratio is 1.47. Significant proportion (65.96%) of patients was living in an urban slum area. Numbers of cases declined as the educational level is increased. (46.80%) of the patients were belonging to Socio-Economic Status Class IV according to modified B G Prasad classification followed by class V (27.70%) . Conclusions: API is much less than one per thousand populations. This may be due to better entomological control than the past. Significant proportion of patients was living in an urban slum area. Education, Socio-Economic Status, presence of plenty of Mosquitoes and water collection in/around house are major determinants.