Background: In India, children under 15 years of age constitute about 40% of the population. Nutrition among this age group is of vital importance as ill health leads to imbalance both in physical and mental growth. Hence this study was taken up to assess the nutritional status of school going children. Methods: Study design: cross–sectional study. Sample technique: purposive sampling. Data collection: by interview method. Anthropometric measurements were recorded. New WHO growth chart standards were considered in assessing stunting, underweight, thinness and obesity among these children. Data analysis: SPSS software version 19. Results: A total of 320 children from government school were enrolled in the age group of 7– 14 years. Among them 36 (11.25%) were underweight for their age and gender. In these 19 (11.37%) were boys of whom 60% of them were 10 years of age. 67 (52.4%) were girls, among whom we found 27 (62.2%) were 10 years. Conclusions: Malnutrition among children is a major public health problem in India. The present study will be useful for the policy makers to formulate various strategies and health care programmes of the population concern to combat the issue