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Abstract

The present study is an attempt to compare the health-related physical fitness of rural and urban area school students of Pune City.The present study was conducted on N= 60 school students further divided into n=30 urban and n=30 rural school children of Pune city.The boy students were 13-15 years old and randomly selected as a sample for this study.To measure the "health-related physical fitness" namely Explosive strength, Muscular endurance, Flexibility, and Cardiovascular efficiency were measured by conducting Standing broad jump, Bend knee sit-ups test, Sit and reach test, and the step test used respectively.Independent't' was used as a statistical tool.The mean of 30 rural boys' students was 160±18.69,14.9±3.78,29.53±6.16and 203.9±8.12 respectively whereas; the mean of urban boys' students was 139±12.23,19.50±4.02,26.36±7.04 and 209.10±4.03respectively.The mean difference was 21.33, -4.59, 3.16, and -5.16 respectively.The calculated 't' values were 5.24, 4.55, 1.85, and -3.04 respectively.The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences were observed in selected variables as well as rural students had better mean values in selected health-related physical fitness variables.