The objective of this study was to investigate resilience among orphan and non-orphan children. The study was carried out in two orphanages and two schools run by Government in Tricity- Chandigarh, Panchkula and Ajitgarh (Mohali) in India. The sample consisted of 50 orphan children (25 from each orphanage) and 50 non-orphan children (25 from each school) aged 12-18 years. Standardized tool was used to assess resilience of the subjects. The findings revealed that major reason for living in the orphanage was death of parents, closely followed by financial problems of single parenthood. Majority of children were left in these institutes by their mothers and relatives. Most of orphan children had relatives too, whom they visited 1-2 times in a year. There was significant difference in resilience of orphan and non-orphan children, with orphan children having higher resilience than that of non-orphan children.