Background: Malnutrition is an underlying cause for more than half of the child deaths worldwide. It is a major public health problem in developing countries and under developed societies. The Indian tribes are most deprived group of population and having mass scale of undernutrition among the children. What are determinants of undernutrition among tribal children? Whether parental education is a determinant?

Methodology: The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of parent’s education on nutritional status of Bharia girls and boys of Patalkot, Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh. A cross sectional study was conducted on a total of 424 individuals; consisting of 215 girls and 209 boys aged 5to18 years.

Results: It found that overall 26.8% boys and 42.8% girls were underweight, 30.1% boys and 29.8% girls were stunted, 36.8% boys and 66.0% girls were undernourished. The chi-square test was computed to understand the association of parental education and nutritional status of children was found insignificant.

Conclusion: It can be concluded that PVTG are already deprived section of society still disparity in their educational attainment and socio-economic status matters in the nutritional status of their children, but statistically the association of parental education and nutrition of children was found insignificant.