Objective: 1) To estimate the prevalence of under-nutrition among under five children (6-60 months). 2) To study of associated factors causing under-nutrition.

Material and methods: The present study was a community based cross sectional study. Probability Proportional to Size Cluster Sampling Technique was used for selecting the sample. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 16.0 version for chi-square test and percentages. The confidence limit for significance was fixed at 95% level with p-value <0.05.

Results: According to the WHO classification of undernutrition, overall prevalence of underweight was 47.4%, stunting 39.7% and wasting 24.4%.

Conclusion: From this study it was concluded that less than half of children were underweight, nearly one third were stunted and one fourth of children were wasted.