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Family planning method is one of the significant steps taken by the government to stabilize the population both economically and biologically. Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their birth which achieved through the use of contraceptive methods. According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, among the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age (15-45 years) worldwide in 2021, 1.1 billion have the need for family planning. According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data on 2021, shares that India current contraceptive prevalence is 66.7% and total unmet need is 9.4%. Our study is a descriptive study using convenient sampling technique. The data was collected in the month of June 2025 at Mohorgang, Gulma, Darjeeling, West Bengal. 50 married eligible couples between 15 to 45 years were included in this study. Prior to the data collection informed consent was obtained from the participants by signature. The study was approved by institute ethical committee, Anandaloke Institute of Nursing Education, Siliguri. The eligible couples who were not available at the time of data collection and the couple among which least one is health personal is excluded in this study. The data collection tool is self-structured. questionnaire and the technique used interview. Demographic data consist variables like age, sex, education, occupation of husband and wife, religion, type of family, age at marriage, duration of marriage, no. of pregnancy, age at first pregnancy, no. of living child, no. of abortion, no of still birth, informational sources, decision maker. 25 multiple type question about Family planning method is included in tool II, each question has one correct response providing one mark and in wrong response no mark provided.The findings of this study reveals that there is significant association between knowledge about family planning methods among eligible couple with the selected demographic variables such as age of husband chi square = 0 at df (1)0.05 level of significance, age of wife chi square = 0 at df (1)0.05 level of significance, education of husband chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance , education of wife chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, occupation of husband chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, occupation of wife chi square = 50 at df (4)0.05 level of significance, religion chi square = 0 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, type of family chi square = 50 at df (2)0.05 level of significance, age at marriage chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, duration of marriage chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, no of pregnancy chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, age of first child chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, no of living child chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, no of abortion chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, no of dead or still birth chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, source of information chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance, decision maker chi square = 50 at df (3)0.05 level of significance. The present study reveals that 30% couple has poor knowledge, 16% has good knowledge, 52% has average knowledge, 2% has excellent knowledge about Family planning method.