With the increase in number of families, the food consumption pattern and nutritional status of 50 marginal and 50 small farm families in U.S. Nagar district of Uttarakhand state were assessed. The results indicated that the per capita availability of cereals per day on marginal and small farms were 402.82 and 413.52 grams respectively, which were lower than the recommended quantity of cereals per day (420 g).  Similarly, availability and consumption level of pulses, vegetables and milk were also found to be quite low than the recommended quantities given by ICMR.  Iron and carotene were the most deficient nutrients among the subjects of all the age groups in both marginal and small farm families. Thiamine, calcium and vitamin C intake was in safer zone in both types of families. The results of triceps skinfold thickness for females indicated 16.3 percent and 5.5 percent in marginal and small farm families respectively while figures with respect to males was 16.9 and 5.7 percent in marginal and small farms. The mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) results  that  3.4 to 22 percent males and 4.8 to 22 percent females were at risk category(<5 percentile). The results of Gomez classification for children upto 5 years revealed that  71.43 and 45.45 percent children respectively on marginal and small farms suffered from various type of malnutrition. According to Water low classification, 65.22 percent and 39.02 percent children of 5-18 years on marginal and small farms were suffering from various degree of malnutrition. The overall results indicated that, from the point of view of food security and nutritional status, the subjects from both the small farm families as well as marginal families were unsecured.