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ABSTRACT Statement of Problem: - A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding anthropometric measurement of 0-6 years of age among Nursing Students of Desh Bhagat University School of Nursing Mandi Gobindgarh District Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab. Material and Method: - Quantitative research approach and non-experimental descriptive research design was used to accomplish the stated objectives data was collected with the help of self-structured knowledge questionnaire. Pilot study was done on [1/10th sample] which constituted of students of Desh Bhagat University School of Nursing to check reliability and feasibility of the study. Subjects were chosen by the purposive sampling technique and sample size was 60. The data collected was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS The percentage distribution of Nursing students as per their knowledge regarding anthropometric measurement of 0-6 years of age. 0.0% students have Adequate knowledge,18.3% students have Moderate knowledge and a considerable portion of Nursing Students i.e 81.7% have Inadequate knowledge. The Chi-square value shows that there is significance association between the score level and demographic variables (Types of Houses). The calculated chi-square values were more than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance. There is no significance association between the level of scores and other demographic variables (Age, Gender, Religion, Education of Student, Type of Family, Total Family Income, Occupation of Father, Occupation of Mother) The calculated chi-square values were less than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance Conclusion: - The data collected was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The pie and bar diagrams were used to depict the findings. The maximum students [81.7%] were having inadequate knowledge regarding anthropometric measurement of 0-6 years of age among Nursing students of Desh Bhagat University School of Nursing, followed by [18.3%] moderate and [0.0%] were having adequate knowledge regarding anthropometric measurement of 0-6 years of age among Nursing students of Desh Bhagat University School of Nursing respectively. Pamphlets were prepared and distributed to the students to bring more knowledge on anthropometric measurements. Key words; anthropometric measurement, students and school.