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Growth in construction industry is linked to the growth of infrastructure sector and the building industry. Construction industry has been growth @10-12% per annum. Concrete is widely used as a construction material due to inherent advantages. The demand for granite aggregates only expected to grow as the demand for infrastructure is ever increasing. Hence, there is a pertinent need to look for alternate materials to granite aggregates. This study explores use of ceramic tile waste as an option to the replacement of granite aggregates in terms of suitability. In this study the ceramic tile waste is being used to replace the granite aggregate i.e., coarse aggregate (CA). The ceramic coarse aggregate (CCA) is used in concrete by replacing CA by 25%,35% and 45%. To compare the results of conventional concrete (CC) with CCA concrete a concrete design mix of M20 is produced with various proportion of CCA material. Due to the good bounding nature of ceramic material with cement it increases the strength of concrete. From the study it is found that the percentage of replacement of CA with CCA material is 45%, within which the performance of concrete is better, and all the results attained within the designed limit.