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ABSTRACT Family climate has deeply influenced the adolescents? feeling of socially advantaged or disadvantaged. The religious customs and traditions have also played an important role, particularly during the period of adolescence. The researchers are interested in studying whether there exist significant differences among male and female adolescents of different religions regarding these factors. They are also interested in finding out the correlation between family climate and feeling of socially disadvantaged. The researchers have utilized a Scale for Assessing Social Disadvantage (SSD) by Dr. Manju Kumari Sinha and Dr. Arun Kumar Singh (1989) and Family Climate Scale (FCS) by Dr Bina Shah to assess the differences between the perceptions of family climate and social disadvantage among Hindu and Muslim adolescents. The total sample is of 190 adolescents in Maharashtra (44 Hindu Male Adolescents, 47 Hindu Female Adolescents, 46 Muslim Male Adolescent and 53 Muslim Female Adolescents). It is taken from Kolhapur City, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Regarding the Social Disadvantage, present research found significant difference between Hindu and Muslim adolescents (z = -1.68, p <.05) and between male and female adolescents (z = - 2.66, p <.01). In case of the perception of Family Climate, the researchers have found significant difference between Hindu and Muslim adolescents (z = -3.1, p < .01) and between male and female adolescents (z = -2.02, p < .05). The Pearson correlation between Social Disadvantage and Family Climate for Hindu adolescents (both males and females) is significant at .01 level and the magnitude was -.47. For Muslim Adolescents (both males and females), it is -.25 and is found significant at .05 level. There found a significant negative correlation between family climate and social disadvantage among male adolescents (r = -.25, p <.05) and among female adolescent the value of r is -.55 and is significant at .01 level KEYWORDS: Social disadvantage, Family climate & Adolescence