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ABSTRACT Introduction- The prenatal period is often accompanied by maternal mental distress associated with pregnancy itself. Pregnant women are often concern about foetal health and the outcome of childbirth. Besides the anxiety resulted from pregnancy, there are several other risk factors associated with the high anxiety prevalence during pregnancy. Pregnant women also face some special challenges due to the responsibility of caring for other children and family members. On the other hand, the need to receive regular care from maternity services increases the risk of exposure to infection with viruses in this population group coronavirus pandemic cause stress and anxiety among pregnant women in different parts of the world. Methodology- A total of 60 antenatal women of age between 21 to 35 years were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The research design used for the study was non experimental. The data was collected by using Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. The data analysis was done using the descriptive and inferential analysis. Result- The result shows that 36.6% of them were in the age group of 21-25 years, 46.6% were in the age group of 26-30 years and 16.6% of them were in the age group of 31-35 years. 65% of them are Hindu, 30% of them are Muslims, and 5% of them are Christians and no one from others. 15% of them having no formal education, 33.3% of them having primary education, 30% of them having secondary education and 21.6% are Graduate. 81.6% of them are housewife, 18.3% of them are employed and no one of them are self-employed. 70% of them are having nuclear family, 30% of them are having joint family and no one of them are having extended family. 50% of them are vegetarian, 21.6% of them are Eggetarian and 28.3% of them are Non-Vegetarian. 41.6% of them are Primi Gravid and then 58.3% of them are Multi Gravid. 30% of them are in their first trimester, 40% of them are in their second trimester and 30% of them are in their third trimester. 58.3% of them get information from Television/Radio, 20% of them get information from the Newspaper, no one of them get any kind of information from the Magazine and 21.6% of them get information through the Health Workers. the majority 34(56.6%) of antenatal women had moderate anxiety level and then 23(38.3%) antenatal women had mild anxiety level, 3(05%) of antenatal women had severe anxiety level. Overall subjects showing mean 16.53. The data depicts that the antenatal women had moderate anxiety level regarding covid-19 infection. the demographic variables are such as Age, Religion, Education, Occupation, Type of Family, Food Habits, Type of Parity, Duration of Pregnancy and Source of Information calculated chi-square value was less than the table value and P > 0.05 hence there was no significant association between anxiety score and selected demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance. Thus, the research hypothesis was rejected. Conclusion- The study shows that 38.3 % antenatal women were having mild anxiety level, 56.6% antenatal women were having moderate anxiety level and 5% antenatal women were having severe anxiety level.