Payal Rohatogi was born on November 9, 1980 in Banjara Hills,Hyderabad,India.She is the daughter of veena Rahatogi and Shashank Rahatogi.She has a brother named Gaurav Rahtogi.She was Brought up in a middle class family and grew up in Ahmedabad in Gujarat.A computer engineer from L.D. College of Engineering,Ahmedbad by profession.payal studied in udgam school , payal rahatogi won the of miss tourism World in 2001,Against candidates from 65 countries. She was aslo a finalist at the Femina Miss India contest 2000. These successes encourged Payal to enter the entertainment industry and so she moved to Mumbai.She is approximately 5'6' tall,and her star- sign is scrpio.