Background: India is a home to around 40 million diabetics and the numbers are gradually increasing. Having a well-informed community with appropriate knowledge regarding the disease, symptoms, and complications, having positive attitudes towards control, prevention and treatment of diabetes and most importantly early screening can help reduce the menace. Objectives: To assess the prevalence, risk, awareness and attitude of people regarding diabetes. Materials and methods: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Borabanda Slum, Hyderabad, among the patients who attended a health camp on Diabetes, through random sampling. Information was obtained through a well-structured questionnaire and face to face interview regarding socio-demographic, clinical characteristics, familial history and awareness regarding diabetes. Results: A total of 326 respondents participated in the study. Out of 326, 182 (55.82%) were female and 144(44.17%) were male. Most of the respondents aged between 28-37 years, with 94 (28.83%) of the participants belonging to that particular age. Out of 326, most of the participants 259 (79.44%) were illiterates and 230 of 326 respondents had no knowledge regarding diabetes. The respondents also had a familial history of diabetes and also showed certain clinical symptoms of diabetes.