In this study, bimetallic nickel-cobalt catalysts supported on SiC, ɣ-Al2O3 and SBA-15 with different compositions of nickel and cobalt were explored for one step hydrogenation of furfural (FAL) to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFOL). Detailed characterization of the synthesized catalysts revealed that smaller size and higher dispersion of Ni-CoOx sites in 10N-10C-MS catalyst are responsible to convert almost 100% FAL and the maximum selectivity towards THFOL. 10N-10C-Al showed almost 99% conversion but had slightly less THFOL selectivity, while 10N-10C-SiC showed poor conversion having maximum selectivity towards furfuryl alcohol (FOL) owing to the large size Ni particles. Bimetallic catalysts exhibited superior activity in contrast to their monometallic counterparts wherein, 10N-10C-MS displayed the best catalytic performance with 90.4% selectivity to THFOL at 210 oC and 7 MPa. Further, the Power law and the proposed LHHW models were found fit for the experimental data for the conversion of both FAL and FOL.