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A study was conducted to assess the knowledge of people from Urban and Rural area regarding prevention of dengue fever. To assess the practice of people from Urban and Rural area regarding prevention of dengue fever. To find the association between knowledge and practice score regarding dengue fever with their selected demographic variables. METHOD :A comparative research design was selected for the study, setting for the study was two communities (Rural(Mujakheda) and Urban (Dhankour GZB. 60 Sample were selected from each community MAJOR FINDING OF THE STUDY Data represented depicted that 39(65%) that is majority of people had poor knowledge, 15(25%) of people had average knowledge and 6(10%) had good knowledge in Rural area. But in Urban area34 (57%) had average knowledge, 15 (25%) of people had good knowledge and 15(25%) had poor knowledge. This indicated that the people of Urban area had more knowledge as compare with Rural area population. Data represented show that the mean score of Rural (13.06) among people was lower than the Urban people score of mean (21.45) after assessment. This indicated that the people of Urban area had more knowledge as compare with Rural and urban area population. There was no significant association between level of knowledge score with the selected demographic variables. CONCLUSION. According to knowledge and practice rural area had low knowledge and practice according to urban.