<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Study deals with the assessment of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in terms of Particulate matter, Gaseous pollutants, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) during domestic combustions of biofuels (i.e. Fire wood,<strong> </strong>animal dung and Crop residues) in the cooking and non-cooking area of rural kitchens of the rural suburbs of Lucknow (North India).<strong> </strong>The indoor air samples of kitchens when analyzed for various pollutants, revealed very high concentrations of CO, CO₂, NO₂and SO₂ in cooking area (kitchen area) as compared to non-cooking area (living area). &nbsp;Burning of biofuels (Fire wood,<strong> </strong>animal dung and Crop residues) produced highest emission of PAH. Increment in PAH level was found in the cooking area (kitchen area) as compared to PAH level in the non-cooking area. The concentration of PM₁₀ in the indoor air sample was 3.7 times more than that found in the living area. Similarly, the concentration of PM_2.5was four times higher in kitchens using biomass during cooking hours.</span></span>