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Introduction: Anaemia is a public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries with major consequences for human health as well as social and economic development. Prevalence of anaemia in all the groups is higher in India as compared to other developing countries. In India, anaemia affects an estimated 50% of the population. The survey further revealed that among the states, Assam is the worst affected with 72% of married women being anaemic, followed by Haryana (69.7%), Jharkhand (68.4%) and Gujarat (55.3%). Objective of this study is the prevalence of anaemia with special focus on adolescent girls and women of reproductive age group of Jamnagar District. Materials and Methods: For data collection, Pandu project team conducted more than hundred camps in different places and 10,000 participants were included in the study. Anaemia is routinely diagnosed with a blood test. Hemoglobin is the outcome variable for this screening. Hemoglobinometer available in a standard calibrated form and do not need any manual adjustment were used for the screening. Result: In total screening, 83.22% were from below 20 years of age groups and 16.78% were from 20-50 years of age group. As per the heamoglobin level tested for all participants the results shows that 60.58% adolescence girls and women of reproductive age were non anemic while 39.42% of total participants were found anemic. Of these, 0.55% were severely anemic, 15.67% were moderately anemic, and the remaining 23.20% were mildly anemic. Discussion: The prevalence of anaemia for this screening is 39.42%, which is less than that which has been reported in recent research in India. As observed by earlier studies, the change in prevalence was likely caused by variations in the target population.