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Present study was designed to observe prevalence and category of schizophrenia patients in tertiary care hospitals. In this study, we have also focused on those heavy metals i.e., zinc, copper, iron that were involve in the onset of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder characterized by positive symptoms and negative symptoms that includes, i.e., delusions, hallucinations and thought disorder. The delusions are misrepresentations of reality, whereas hallucinations are concerned with sensory events. Schizophrenia is classified into five types, i.e., Paranoid, Catatonic, Simple, Hebephrenic & Undifferentiated type, and among them, the paranoid type was most prevalent, while Simple and Hebephrenic were the second most common types, whereas Catatonic & Undifferentiated type were rarely examined. Therefore, present study was conducted by generating self-made questionnaire related to the patient's personal history, factors that trigger the schizophrenia and their symptoms. During surveys, the patients were examined and their blood sample were collected to measure the level of some heavy metals i.e., Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu) & Iron (Fe) in their blood that could be involved in the onset of schizophrenia were also examined. The obtained results of the present study proved that both Zinc & Copper were present in excess amount in blood serum of schizophrenic patients, which certainly trigger the onset of schizophrenia. Furthermore, it had been observed that age, gender and marital status of patient have no dependence on Schizophrenia, however, the onset of schizophrenia was found to be late in females than in males. Key Words: Prevalence Types of Schizophrenia, Tertiary Care Hospitals, Heavy Metals, Chronic Mental Disorders.