Background: The prevalence of hypertension in the late nineties and early twentieth century varied among different studies in India, ranging from 2–15% in Urban India and 2–8% in Rural India. For the increase of hypertension problem, one of the reason is lack of awareness about oil intake quantity among rural people and urban people. Objectives: To determine the demographic variables, type and quantity of oil intake and associations with hypertension in Urban area of Eluru. Materials & Methods: This was a community based cross–sectional study conducted among the adult individuals (aged  30years) residing in the urban field practice area of a ASRAM Medical College, Eluru, during the period from June 2013 to June 2014. After getting the institution ethical committee, maintained confidentiality of the participants and necessary statistical tests like proportions, chi square and students ‘t‘ tests were applied. Results: Out of 533 study population, overall prevalence of hypertension was 24.9%. Of the total 533 study population, majority of them consumed palm oil for cooking that was 293 (54.9%), followed by groundnut oil which was 20.5% and lowest safflower oil usage. 53.8 % hypertensive‘s were consumed more than 1kg /day oil was observed. In the study population, about (46.8%) hypertensive individuals were having stress. Conclusions: Based on the study results, majority of the population was using palm oil, more quantity, less physical activity and more stress observed in the study population. Need awareness about type of oil and quantity of oil and its adverse effects on health and its consequences to be educated to reduce the problem.