The difficulties challenged by the people living in the urban areas of India have become most important concerns for the government. Slums are dignified to be the major issue within many urban areas; particularly problems related to transportation, population, health and safety. Seeing today’s poor urban environmental quality in India, the majority of families affected by urban development projects are located in slum areas which are under consideration for relocation and/ or rehabilitation. This study examines the socio-economic status of slum dwellers in Kharagpur city, West Bengal. With the objectives to know the relationship between Monthly Income with Monthly Expenditure, Occupation, Education, Status of Residence, and Type of Residence. For this, the researcher used correlation analysis and suitable hypothesis was framed to compare these variables from the total respondents (N=560) and draw the inferences based upon the result. A structured questionnaire is designed and collect the data directly from the respondents. SPSS package is used to analyse and interpret the data