Background: Adolescent period (10-19 years) can be described as growing up years, as this phase is the middle phase between childhood and adulthood and this phase is the phase of many correlated biological, psychological and social changes. The problem of both undernutrition and over nutrition spreads in a large scale among adolescents and may generate continual consequences in their adulthood. That’s why assessing nutritional status among adolescents is very much needed.

Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among (n= 385) Bengalee Hindu (10 -18) years old adolescent girls of rural Guriahati I Panchayat areas of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India. To assess nutritional status, five Anthropometric measurements of Height, weight, Mid Upper Arm Circumference, Waist Circumference, and Hip Circumference were recorded using standard procedures, after informing school authorities, students and parents about the details and purpose of the study. Height for age and BMI for age were calculated using age-specific WHO Charts for height and BMI. One-way ANOVA was used to assess age-specific mean differences of anthropometric variables. Statistical analysis was done using Chi-square test to find out the association between anthropometric data and age groups. The p-value <0.05 was considered as significant.

Result: Overall prevalence of stunting and thinness among the studied population were 32.72% and 11.16% respectively. Some socio demographic variables were found significantly associated with stunting and thinness (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Moderate prevalence of stunting and thinness were found in present study. Nutritional programs among rural areas can change this undernutrition scenario.