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Background: It is estimated that at least one in four adults in India has hypertension 1, but, only about 12% of them have their blood pressure under control. In 2008, out of the 57 million global deaths, 36 million deaths, or 63%, were due to non communicable diseases, which principally involve hypertension, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases. Nearly 80% of hypertension deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries. It is projected that globally hypertension and other non communicable diseases will account for nearly 44 million deaths in 2020. The leading causes of non communicable diseases death rate in 2008 was: 17 million deaths due to hypertensions i.e. 48% of total non communicable diseases deaths. Hypertension affects at a younger age in low and middle-income countries (WHO, 2010). In India, the estimated deaths due to NCDs in 2008 were 5.3 million. The overall prevalence of hypertension, Ischemic Heart Diseases (IHD) and stroke in India is around 1.54 per 1000 population (ICMR, 2006). Material &Methods: A survey was conducted at, Narayan Medical College and Hospital (NMCH). The researchers collected 106 responses from general population visiting OPD area of NMCH hospital of Sasaram, Bihar. The data was collected using designed and developed knowledge questionnaire, in both English and Hindi language; analysis was done using SPSS. Result: The results showed that knowledge questionnaire were completed; with 77.4% (n=82) responses were having good knowledge and 22.6% (n=24) had average knowledge related to hypertension. The researchers enlisted several factors like prolonged standing, long working hours, stressful interpersonal interaction, poor amenities and time constrained self care deficit. Conclusion: It was concluded that most of the general population were having good knowledge about hypertension. Hence, these findings shows even though good knowledge about hypertension is present among general population, the incidence rate keeps growing among them clearly indicating that there is lack of preventive practice's.