Introduction–education is the basic requirement for human development.Dropout has been defined as the proportion of children that cease to remain enrolled in the schooling system.The reasons for dropping out may be many. Objectives–This study was planned to find out to find out rate of school dropout among 6 to 16 year age group children from an urban slum, to identify various reasons and to study the association between socio–demographic factors & School dropout. Material and methods–A Community based cross sectional study was conducted among 246 children in slum area. House to house survey was conducted and the data was collected by using predesigned pretested questionnaire.Statistical analysis of association between school dropout and socio–demographic status was done by using Fisher exact test. Results and conclusions–Prevalence of school dropout was 2.85%.Financial constraint, distance from school and no interest in studies were common reasons for school dropout.Association was found between parent’s educational status, number of children in family, Socio–economic status and school dropout.