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The purpose of the study was to compare sports aggression in urban and rural tribal athletes of Jharkhand. A sample of 50 urban tribal male athletes, 50 urban tribal female athletes, 50 rural tribal male athletes and 50 rural tribal female athletes respectively were selected. The urban tribal athletes were selected from Khelgaon, Ranchi Jharkhand. The rural tribal athletes were selected based on their place of residence in remote areas of Jharkhand. The average age of the tribal athletes was 16.72 years and the sample selection was conducted through random sampling. Sports aggression was measured through SAI constructed by Anand Kumar and Prem Shankar Shukla (1998). The results reveal that urban tribal male athletes were more aggressive than rural tribal male athletes as per a statistical significance level of .01. It was also found that sports aggression in urban tribal female athletes was significantly higher than in rural tribal female athletes (p<.01). It was concluded that urban tribal athletes exhibit more magnitude of aggression than rural tribal athletes and could be attributed to certain factors namely urban-rural living conditions, increased competition or varied social-environmental influences.