The present study assessed the physical status and nutritional status of preschool children who are attending anganwadi. Objectives of the study: To determine the health status of rural pre-school children in terms of physical assessment. To determine the health status of rural pre-school children in terms of nutritional assessment. To find the association of health status (physical) of pre-school children with selected demographic variables. Methodology: The research Methodology use for study that, Research design- Non-experimental descriptive design, Study Setting - Anganwadi centre, Research Approach -Non-experimental descriptive approach. Results: The results were drawn based on the following findings. The study findings revealed that majority of the subjects who attend Anganwadi centers were in the age group of 2 to 5 years. The most common illness, which affected pre-school-child population, was fever and acute respiratory tract infection. It was observed that majority of the subjects (40) who attended Anganwadi centers had very good health states (score 50-64). Major area of deviation from normal was nasal discharge (20), dental caries (26) & tooth deposits (14) Majority of the subjects 81% had normal height, weight, mid-arm circumference and only 19% of the subjects had their height below ICMR mean height. Nutritional status of subjects studied was satisfactory compared to NFHS- 2 data. There were only 18 subjects (8%) among 3 years. 25% among 4 years and 35.7% among 5 years) having Grade-1 Mild) Mal-nutrition.

Keywords: Health Status; Rural; Preschooler Childrens; Anganwadi Centre; Mortality Rate; Physical Assessment; Nutritional Assessment; Malnutrition.