Background: – Scabies is caused by burrowing and release of toxic or antigenic substances by the female mite sarcoptes scabei, most important factor that determines spread is the extent and duration of physical contact with an affected individual .The children and sexual partner of an affected individual are most at risk

Objective:– To find out seasonal variation of scabies in tribal population of samnapur Method: – This was a retrospective clinical study conducted at PHC samnapur in a period of two years from 1^st January 2011 to 31st December 2012. All patients were evaluated for the signs and symptoms of scabies and then the cases were evaluated for the following– age and sex wise distribution, seasonal variation, and response to the treatment.

Result: – In our study we have found that the prevalence of scabies in tribal population was 11.8 %( 855/7220)   in 2011 and 11.7% (657/5593) in 2012.the incidence was more in children between 6 to 14 years of age. There were 57% Male and 43 % Female in the year 2011 and 60.5% Male and 39.5% Female in the year 2012. In January–February incidence was 17.8% in 2011 and 25.8% in 2012, in July– august incidence was 28.7 % in 2011 and 20.1% in 2012, in September–October the incidence was 16.4 %( 2011), 22.7 %( 2012) and in remaining months incidence was low.