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Introduction: Cervical cancer death occurs relatively at younger age in India than developed country. Most of the cervical cancer cases are diagnosed advanced stage, leading to poor outcome. Since early detection predicts better prognosis, but in India, women do not undergo routine cervical screening, it is still major problem. Aim: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge of cervical cancer, awareness regarding cervical cancer screening and to assess attitude toward cervical cancer. Methods: A questionnaire-based non-random, cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 women attending the OPDs age 21–60 years. Results: Majority of the study population (88%) had poor knowledge regarding cervical cancer and its screening. Only 15% had undergone screening and (3%) 6 of 200 women know about HPV vaccine.