| Summary: | Background: Improving health of the mother is a global concern. However there is a wide regional variation in maternal health care utilization. The present study was planned to explore the prevailing condition at local level. Objectives: To estimate the proportion of women who had utilized maternal health care services and to explore relevant socio-demographic, behavioral and biological co-variates. Methods: It was a community based cross-sectional study using cluster sampling technique. The respondents were interviewed with a pre-designed, pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Most of the respondents were below 25 years, primary educated, primi-para house wives. 80% had early pregnancy registration, 88% had four or more antenatal checkups and 93.6% women had institutional delivery. Most women went to government institutes for their ante-natal checkups and delivery. Majority of the utilization variables were significantly associated with age, education and household wealth index of the respondents. Conclusions: utilization of all the components of maternal health care was lower among younger age, lower education and poorer household wealth index.
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