Background: the status of family planning in India is not something the same all over India. So many factors are contributing to shaping the phenomenon of family planning. In the present article, the factors such as age, area of the residence, educational status, and women’s exposures to the mass media have been analyzed by considering the following objectives. Objectives: To understand how social-economic characteristics have an impact on knowledge and current use of contraception among women age 15-49. And to examine role education and mass media on knowledge and current use of contraception among women age 15-49. Methodology: A secondary data have been used from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-IV), which was conducted in 2015-16. It covers all 29 states and six union territories of India’s population. This survey has gathered information from 699,686 women from the reproductive age group from 15-49 years. It provides cross-sectional survey data on women`s contraceptive practice, marriage, fertility, unmet need of FP, social and demographic determinants of India. The socio-demographic features of the women respondents such as age group education, income, occupation, and other features, data have been analyzed by using a distribution frequency test. Different variables have been used to analyze data further. The variables such as levels of education, age, social status, wealth index, the residence of the respondent and exposure to the media have been analyzed to justify the objectives by using the SPSS software Results and Conclusion: knowledge and use of contraception have been influenced by many factors. Based on the results and analysis, factors such as the age of the women, marital status, wealth index, residential status, and their exposure to the mass media are determining their knowledge and practice of family planning in small or large proportions.