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Introduction: Putting one step towards to extend the family is the crucial stage of life to become a parent. When a couple is seen and counselled about pregnancy, its course and outcome well before the time of actual conception is called periconceptional counselling. Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to identify the effect of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding Preconception care among the eligible women in selected villages. Objectives: 1) To assess the pre-test level of knowledge regarding preconception care among the eligible women in selected village of south Gujarat. 2)To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programmed on knowledge level regarding preconception care among the eligible women. 3) To find out the association between pre-test score of knowledge regarding preconception care among the eligible women in villages of South Gujarat with their selected socio demographic variable. Method: Quantitative Research Approach design is sub-division of pre-experimental research design. With one group pre-test post-test research design was adopted for this study. A total of 100 eligible women who were selected by Purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured teaching program consisting of socio demographic variables and self-structured questionaries. Results: The overall mean percentage of knowledge in the pre-test was 10.41 with standard deviation 2.01. The overall mean percentage of knowledge in the post-test was 15.54 with standard deviation 1.7 with a positive mean difference 5.13. there is significant association between pre-test knowledge score of eligible women and selected socio demographic variables is accepted for age of the mother and education. Interpretation and conclusion: Results shows that post-test knowledge score is significantly higher than the pre-test score at p <0.05 level of significance i.e., mean difference is 5.13. There is significant improvement in knowledge of eligible women regarding pre- conception care.