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Stress plays a major role in teachers' daily lives at present. This study is carried out to determine the current level of occupational stress experienced by general degree college teachers of Puruliadistrict. A descriptive survey technique was used to conduct the study, and 396 college teachers in the Purulia district were randomly selected to receive the Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI) (Fimian, 1988). The results of the present study revealed that on an average, college teachers experienced high stress in Time Management and Work Related Stress; low stress in Professional Distress, Discipline and Motivation, Professional Investment, Emotional Manifestation, Fatigue Manifestation, Cardiovascular Manifestation, Gastro-vascular Manifestation, Behavioural Manifestation and also in Teachers Stress (in Totality). Hence, it can be inferred that the general degree college teachers in the Purulia district generally exhibited low levels of occupational stress across various dimensions, as well as in overall occupational stress levels.