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Sanitation and Cleanliness are the two major limbs that supports Health and Hygiene Practices The present study is conducted for assessing the awareness on Sanitation, Cleanliness and its impact on the health and hygiene practices of residents located in the of state of Punjab. The major respondents of the study are taken persons living BPL, marginalised people and untouched segment of the society as Sewer Man, Rag Picker, Rehri Wala, Labourer, Guards, House Maids, Sweepers, Gardener etc. A semi?structured questionnaire was designed for data collection of the sample size of 270 respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was done using the frequencies distribution, mean score with rank correlation and chi-square test with the SPSS 21.0 software. It can be concluded that participants are generally aware of sanitation and cleanliness and have a positive perception of health and hygiene, but that programmes and strategies are still needed to influence a group of people who are hesitant to adopt sanitation and cleanliness and health and hygiene practices in a positive way. It was found that gender and education level play a significant role in the awareness of cleanliness and sanitation with daily cleaning of toilets and the use of latrines in public places.