Introduction: Sanitation workers play an important role in maintaining the health- hygiene in the communities. 

Aim: The aim of this study is to find out socio-economic condition, lifestyle, common health problems, occupational behavior of the sanitary workers.

Material and methods: This were a cross sectional type of descriptive study .149 respondents were selected and data was collected from them by Face to face interview. The sampling technique was Convenient   type   of   non -probability   sampling. Structural   questionnaire   was   used as research instrument. Graphical presentation (pie chart), tables were applied and  analyzed  by  SPSS 20 programme.

Results: Among the total respondents 145(97.3%) were sweeper and 4  were scavenges.67 (45%) were literate .124 lived in Semi Paccya  house  .  15(10.07%) had sore throat,21(14.09%) had cough,9(6%) had breathlessness and 16(10.74%) had chest tightness.7 (20%) had lacrimation ,15(42.9%) had redness of eye,13(37.1%) had itching problem in eye. 7 (4.10%) had abdominal pain and 2(1.03%) had diarrhea. 92(61.74%) had musculoskeletal pain. 43(46.7%) had leg pain,37(40.2%) had back pain.  31(20.81%) had knowledge about personal protection equipment, 12(37.50%) used mask,8(25%) used hand gloves. 7(4.70%) had a regular health checkup. 51(46.36%) had a habit of taking betel nut ,31(28.18%) took cigarette, 27(24.55%) took gul and 1(0.91%) took tobacco.

Conclusions: The occupational health hazards, the knowledge and attitude about  the  health conditions and occupation ,socio-economic condition, lifestyle of the sanitation workers  are not  satisfactory.