OBJECTIVES:  The study was aimed to assess awareness about hepatitis B among residents of Punjab, Pakistan. METHODS:  A cross sectional survey was conducted involving 616 respondents from 15^th December 2015 to 15^th March 2016. Respondents above 18 years of age and those domiciled in Punjab were only the target audience. Data was collected by self-distribution of pre-tested and validated questionnaire at public places like shopping malls, parks, household etc. Data was analyzed through SPSS version 20.0 by applying appropriate statistics. Initially cronbach’s alpha was applied to check reliability and validity of study instrument. RESULTS:  The mean age of the respondents was estimated to be 33.55±10.341. Less than half of participants were employed (43. 2%), half (50.2%) were married, a very small proportion (5.0%) had post-graduate educational level and majority belonged to urban settings (74.2%). Both sexes equally participated in the study. Awareness was assessed by asking questions regarding general introduction to hepatitis B like signs and symptoms, infection nature, its modes of spread/transmission, treatment/prevention and disease information source. Qualification, marital status and occupation significantly influenced respondent’s knowledge regarding hepatitis B (p<0.05). However, no statistically significant association was noticed regarding gender, age & residency of the study participants. Overall awareness score of respondents was estimated to be 22.28 ± 4.63. CONCLUSIONS: Based on findings it was concluded that majority of the participants 89.8% were aware of hepatitis B.