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Abstract Aim The aim of the study to assess the knowledge and practice in prevention of cervical cancer among women in selected community Objectives of the study 1) To assess the knowledge and practice in prevention of cervical cancer among women 2) Correlate the Knowledge and practice in prevention of cervical cancer among women 3) To find the association between knowledge and Practice in cervical cancer with their selected background variables among women Methodology A descriptive study was conducted in house to house survey was done .Total 50 women selected by Purposive sampling Technique. The knowledge and prevention of cervical cancer was assessed by Self structured questionnaire on cervical cancer, check list questionnaire on practice to know the knowledge and prevention of cervical cancer among women Result 50 women were assessed regarding knowledge and Practice in Prevention of Cervical cancer among Women among 50 respondents 25 (50%) had poor knowledge score. Among 50 respondents 27 (54 %) had poor Practice Score. Karl Pearson's Co-efficient of correlation indicates that there is a positive correlation (r = 0.61) existing between knowledge and Practice in prevention of cervical cancer. There is an association between knowledge and Practice score of the respondents on cervical cancer with age, educational status, Occupation monthly income and Type of family, No of children at 0.01 level of significance. Correlation analysis showed that higher the scores for knowledge, better performance in Prevention of cervical cancer Conclusion The result of the study concluded that there is a need to create awareness about cervical cancer and its prevention among women