The study area is a Krishna micro watershed in the central Ganga plain which is a highly fertile track of western Uttar Pradesh. The sugarcane and wheat are major crops of the area. Due to pressure of human activity, urbanization and degraded gradually the pure, safe, healthy and order less drinking water is a matter of deep concern. There are many pollutants in ground water due to seepage viz organic and inorganic pollutants, heavy metals, pesticides, fluorides etc. In Muzaffarnager district UP. India, mostly villages are affected with high TDS concentration in ground water. The water samples were analysed for pH, hardness, TDS, Chloride, Sulphlate, Nitrate, DO, COD ,Conductivity and some important heavy metals like, Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Cobalt (Co) Zinc (Zn) and Nickel (Ni).

The results were compared with BIS standard for drinking water. Subsequent analysis of water samples show that the results are within the maximum permissible limits. Therefore the ground water of rural area of Muzaffarnager district is suitable for drinking, bathing and irrigation purposes.