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A disaster is a significant disruption of a society's normal operations that results in significant losses of people, property, or the environment that are greater than what the impacted society can reasonably expect to recover from on its own. India is one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world; nearly 80% of India's land area is thought to be susceptible to at least one form of natural disaster. In India, disasters affected 65 million people annually from 2000 to 2009. on average, 3.25 million of whom were lactating and pregnant mother Disasters impact 8.45 million children under the age of five each year, and 1.25 million of them are malnourished. OBJECTIVES: - To assess the effectiveness of selected natural disaster management training programme on knowledge among people residing in selected community areas. HYPOTHESIS H0: There is no significant association between selected natural disaster management programme on knowledge among people residing in selected community areas. (p=0.05) H1: There is significant association selected natural disaster management programme on knowledge among people residing in selected community areas. (p=0.05).