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Anemia is a widespread global health problem affecting people in both developed and developing countries with bad consequences on human health as well as social and economic development. It occurs at all stages of life cycle, but is more prevalent in pregnant women and young adolescent girls. According to WHO (2019) the global prevalence of anemia was 29.6% in non- pregnant women of reproductive age and 36.5% in pregnant women. According to the National health mission, there are 253 million adolescents aged 10 to 19 in India , and 47% of them are adolescent girls. Around 200 million adolescents (45%globally) with anemia live in India and China, and youg girls are at high risk . India has a higher incidence of anemia, with six out of ten girls being anaemic. According to NFHS-4 & NFHS-5 the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls with age groups (15-19) years, in Jammu & Kashmir was 29.5% and 53.5% respectively.The necessity of this study is to assess the prevalence of anemia among the most vulnerable age group i.e adolescent girls age group who constitute a good percentage of the total anaemic population. Descriptive study was conducted on 30 adolescent girls of Governmentt Girls Higher Secondary School Nawa Kadal Srinagar using systematic random sampling technique. The time period of study was 4 weeks, data was collected using hemoglobinometer. The data was analyzed and proportions were calculated for all the variables. Chi- square test was used to find out the association between hemoglobin levels and selected demographic variables. P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Out of the 30 adolescent girls, 8 (26.67%) adolescent girls had normal haemoglobin level ,13 (43.33% ) had mild anaemia , 8 (26.67% ) had moderate anaemia, 1 ( 3.33% ) had severe anaemia. The result showed that 22 ( 73.33%) of adolescent girls had anaemia while 8 ( 26.67%) of adolescent had normal haemoglobin concentration. There is significant association between anaemia with variables like age , socio-economic status, religion, type of family and education of mother .