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Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is an entity characterized by the presence of psychiatric symptoms such as mood swings, depression, loss of confidence, anxiety and irritability, without any underlying psychiatric disorder, accompanied by physical symptoms and typical complaints include bloatedness and mastalgia encountered at the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (LPMC), that deteriorates the well-being of the women and then subsides or disappears with menstruation. Symptoms occur mostly in women of 25-35 years old, although it may be observed at any age between adolescence and menopause. The study was conducted to assess the existing knowledge on premenstrual syndrome among adolescent girls at at Government girls higher secondary school Thiruvandarkoil, Puducherry. By using convenience sampling technique 60 sample was selected for the present study. All of the adolescent girls were secondary 60(100%) educational status. Most of the adolescent girls were had Previous knowledge about premenstrual syndrome 48(80%). The demographic variable Residency and Number of siblings had shown statistically significant association between the levels of knowledge with premenstrual symptoms among adolescent girls with their selected demographic variables. The many of the adolescent girls 32 (53.3%) had Inadequate level of knowledge and 28(46.7%) had moderate level of knowledge and the mean and standard deviation the level of knowledge with premenstrual symptoms among adolescent girls is (8.55+2.664) respectively.