A random selection of household women was done from rural and urban areas of district Ludhiana (Punjab). The respondents were enquired about their awareness regarding pesticide residues and their sourcing practices related to cereals and pulses and their products. The results of the study revealed that the respondents were having good awareness level regarding pesticide residues, their presence in cereals and pulses, health impacts associated. The statements framed to perceive the knowledge received a score above 3 for both rural and urban respondents indicating good awareness level. Majority of the household women were aware of food safety and were in agreement with the statement that safety from pesticide residues is necessary with mean scores of 3.75 and 4.43 for rural and urban respondents respectively. Sourcing practices of the rural respondents revealed that cereals were mostly home-sourced and none of the respondents outsourced them. Sourcing practices of pulses and its products were found to be quite different from flour in the urban household women of the three income groups. Majority of the cereals and pulses were outsourced by the urban respondents. Also it was found that the urban respondents preferred buying packed food more than their rural counterparts. © 2020 Plant Archives. All rights reserved.