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Introduction. Organ donation is defined as when person allows an organ of theirs to be removed, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or after death with the assent of the next of the kin. India, in particular, has a huge shortage of organs and donors. Donation of organs is an imperative component of transplantation. Attitude are generally influenced by social and cultural factors. Knowledge, attitude and behavior are the key factors that influence rates of organ donation. Hence, this study has been undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness with socio-demographic variable regarding organ donation among the study population in the selected places of Urban area. Objectives. The association of socio-demographic variable between knowledge, attitude, and awareness and to assess the correlation analysis of knowledge Vs attitude, knowledge Vs awareness, and attitude Vs awareness towards organ donation among the study population in the Urban area. Methods. A community based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from November 2019 to January 2020 among the study population residing near Urban Health Centre in Dahanu, Palghar, Maharashtra. The individual information will have kept private and after verbal consent. Study was initiated after obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee. The data collection tool was a multi section questionnaire including socio-demographic variables, knowledge, attitude, and awareness. Data were entered in an MS Excel 2013 sheet and further analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Package Social Sciences) for windows version 22. Results. Out of 500 respondents, 264 (52.8%) were female and 236 (47.2%) were male in the study population. The mean age was 36.84 � 12.32 years. Marital status has statistically significant association between knowledge, attitude, and awareness. And the correlation between knowledge Vs attitude, knowledge Vs awareness, and attitude Vs awareness with socio-demographic variable has statistically significant about organ donation. Conclusion. Overall 50% study population were having knowledge and attitude about organ donation while 60% study population were aware about organ donation.