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ABSTRACT Background: Prevalence of placenta pravia is found to vary between 0.5% of all pregnancies. Placenta pravia is one of the major cause of antepartum hemorrhage and is also important cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in India. Method: This is retrospective study conducted in department of OBG, G.G.G hospital, Shree M.P Shah medical college - Jamnagar for a period of 5 years from January 2016 to January 2021. All cases of placenta previa during pregnancy admitted during this period were included in the study. All case records were obtained from medical record section and carefully analysed to find out the incidence, various type of placenta previa, its clinical presentation and its outcomes in relation to mode of delivery, birthweight and maternal and perinatal morbidity. Result: The prevalence of placenta previa of 0.27% and was more commonly present among multiparous women 73%. Most common type was type 3 placenta previa(37.6 %) in cases followed by type marginal (28 %), out of 125 cases 17 had atonic PPH (13.6%) managed by medical and surgical method, 4 cases(2.6%) had found complete placenta previa with morbidly adherent placenta(placenta accreta) with hemorrhagic shock and underwent cesarean hystrectomy. All cases of perinatal mortality were between 28 to 30 week weighting 1- 1.5kg associated with complete placenta previa in 4 cases and in type 3 (incomplete) in 3 cases. There was no maternal mortality in this study. Conclusion: Managing a cases of placenta previa during pregnancy poses a great challenge to every obstetrician in present day obstetrics due its increased risk of maternal and perinatal complications. Keywords: Placenta previa, Low lying, Bleeding per vagina, Antepartum hemorrhage