Vulnerability is the state that is decided by the consequence of hazards on physical, social, economic, and environmental causes that will affect the status of a private, community, or surroundings. Generally, households in a geographical area or an administrative boundary are labelled as equally vulnerable but the scenario on the ground is different. One household perceive risk differently than the other. The degree of perceived vulnerability is influenced by many factors that make individual households perceive their vulnerability differently than the other households. This paper focuses on the following aspects: location of a house, economic status, family structure, food stockpiling to assess the household level vulnerability perception in Rudraprayag District of Uttarakhand. About 442 households from 30 villages of the district were interviewed for the household level study. Vulnerability perception at household helps in understanding the possible damage disasters can cause to a household, the severity of its impact, and what are the possible measures that can be taken to reduce their vulnerability. Community participation is vital and an empowering side for enhancing effective disaster mitigation practices. This paper suggests the importance of micro-level planning at the village level for effective disaster risk reduction.