The present research aimed at understanding the urban women's health and hygien e consciousness and selfsteem level in Kottayam municipality, Kerala state. Health is a dynamic, multidimensional term that encompasses an individual's physical, mental and emotional elements. Municipality of Kottayam in Kerala was seen as the universe of the current research. 410 samples were selected from the beneficiaries of the Kottayam municipal area, Kerala. Beneficiaries who had completed the construction of their urban homes were considered. The study mainly focused on demographic factors to figure out the health and hygiene of the respondents. Face to face questionnaire survey method was used for data collection. Statistical analysis was performed on the gathered data. The result indicates that, respondents vary in their standard of health and hygiene on the basis of education. The research also demonstrates the variation in level of health and hygiene of the respondent on the basis of family type. Therefore, relative to nuclear family respondents, the joint family has a stronger outlook on wellbeing and grooming. It is also assumed that after the building of own homes, there is still a major connexion between self-esteem than before. Individuals have a good optimistic self-esteem relationship after creating their own home.