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Anaemia, besides its biological and physiological determinants, to a considerable extent is also influenced by the social and economic conditions of the adolescent girls. The rationale being socio-economic factors differentially affect the ability of households to afford adequate nutrition to the growing girls. A number of studies point out the significance of social and economic factors in the incidence of anaemia. In view of the underlying assumption, a survey based on a sample of 1437 adolescent girls, studying in 21 schools in district Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh was carried out. The block-wise 10 schools were taken from Kalpa, 5 from Pooh, and 6 from Nichar. The block-wise sample taken randomly was 756 adolescent girls from Kalpa, 263 from Pooh, and 418 from Nichar block. All the girls included in the test underwent Hb test to find out how many suffer from anaemia and their socio-economic background. The study found that majority of the girls have haemoglobin 8.9 and 9 to 11, whereas only few girls are having haemoglobin 12 plus. The study makes significant revelations social, demographic and economic factors have a determining effect on anaemia among adolescent girls.