Introduction: Oral cancer is considered as one of the major life threatening public health issues on a global scale. Oral cancer is ranked as the sixth most common cancer. Chewing tobacco/pan masala is considered to be the most potent risk factor for oral precancerous lesions and oral cancer. Objective: The aim of this study is to find out the incidence of maxillary carcinoma among oral cancer patients visiting Saveetha dental college. Methods: The study was carried out in Saveetha Institute of Oral Oncology at Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals. The data were collected from case records of patients who visited the unit, between July 2019 - March 2020 and entered in Excel sheets. The entered data were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS software version 26. Results: Among 30 carcinoma patients, 8 patients had maxillary carcinoma which accounted for an incidence rate of 26.67%. Males and females were equally affected. Maxillary carcinoma was most noted in the age group 41-50 [50.00%] followed by 51- 60 age group [25.00%]. Statistically significant association was found between gender and maxillary carcinoma (p-value=0.037) whereas it was not statistically significant between age and maxillary carcinoma (p-value=0.766). Conclusion: Incidence of maxillary carcinoma reported was 26.7%, with equal gender predilection and most common in the 4th decade of life.