Measles virus belonging to the genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Measles virus is transmitted by aerosolized secretion deposit on upper respiratory tract mucosal surfaces. Measles is a highly infectious disease characterized by fever, respiratory symptoms, redness of eyes & maculopapular rash. The study was conducted in tertiary care hospital, Jamnagar. Children’s 0-15 years of age with suspected case of measles symptoms like fever, cough, redness of eyes & maculopapular rash attending at Hospital which included in the study. Serum samples were screened for measles IgM by ELISA method. Out of 143 samples, total 18 (12.59%) were positive for measles IgM Ab. among this 10 (55.56%) male and 08 (44.44%) female and 13 (72.20%) were 0-5 years of age and 05 (27.80%) were 5-20 years of age. This study recognized age, nutrional status of children, socioeconomic status vaccination status of children as important demographic and risk factor of measles virus infection in children.