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Womanhood is a period in female's life after her transition from childhood to adolescence, after crossing age of 18 years. Sleep disorder is a common and complicated health problem, which causes morbidity, mortality, decreasing functional capacity and quality of life. Depression is a state which affects how the person feels, think and handle daily activities. Women have particular stressors that might affect their sleep patterns and mental health, whether they are employed or not. Therefore, this comparative study is essential for understanding how different lifestyles, responsibilities and stressors influence mental and physical health among working and non working women. The main aim of the study is to compare the sleep disturbance and depression level between working and non working women. The total sample comprised of 60 women (30 working and 30 non-working) from urban area of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat,state, India. The sample of the study adopted through simple random method. Pittsburgh sleep index and Beck's Depression Inventory were used to measure sleep disturbance and depression level respectively.The working women received higher mean score 9.53 as compared to the nonworking women 6.00 and the standard deviation score of working women received 1.07 and the non-working women received 0.78. So we can say that on working women have more sleep disturbance than the non working women.The working women received higher mean score 22.07 as compared to the non working women 12.10 and the standard deviation score of working women received 0.46 and the non-working women received 0.36. So we can say that working women have more depression level than the non working women. The current comparative study comes to the conclusion that working women experience much higher levels of depression and sleep problems than non-working women do.