Background: Malnutrition begins before birth, usually persists through adolescence and adulthood and can affect multiple generations. This study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of children based on clinical and anthropometric measurements. To study the prevalence of wasting and stunting among Objective: study subjects and classify them based on age and sex, also the prevalence of nutritional deciencies among study subjects. Prevalence of underwei Results: ght in this study was 39% with higher prevalence in girls 45.8%, with highest among 6 year children (68.5%) and least among 12 year children. Overall prevalence of stunting was 36.5% with higher prevalence in girls (42.3%) than boys (32%). Prevalence of stunting was highest in children of 6 year age group 55.5% and least in 12 year children 17.1%. Prevalence of vitamin B deciency signs was 28% with 16.5% among girls and 11.8% among boys. Prevalence of iron deciency signs was 65% among boys and among girls it was 29% and 36% respectively. Prevalence of vitamin A deciency signs was 5.8% with prevalence in girls (3.1%) higher than boys (2.6%). The overall prevalence of underweight a Conclusion: nd stunting was higher among girls than among boys, and a signicantly higher prevalence of vitamin deciency signs like iron, vitamin B 12, vitamin A are seen in girl children than boys emphasizing more focused nutrition of girl child.