_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ≡ Associate Professor; ⱷ Tutor; *Corresponding author: E-mail: ambad.sawan@gmail.com; Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International 33(58B): 167-173, 2021; Article no.JPRI.71095 ISSN: 2456-9119 (Past name: British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-2919, NLM ID: 101631759) Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors in Tribal Population of Gadchiroli (Vidarbha Region) Ranjit Ambad a≡ , Roshan Kumar Jha b*ⱷ , Nandkishor Bankar c≡ and Sachin Patil d≡ a Department of Biochemistry, Datta Meghe Medical College, Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur-441110, India. b Department of Biochemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, India. c Department of Microbiology Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha , India. d Department of Community, Medicine Datta Meghe Medical College, Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur-441110 (Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences), India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JPRI/2021/v33i58B34187 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/71095 Received 07 October 2021 Accepted 14 December 2021 Published 15 December 2021 ABSTRACT Introduction: Under nutrition can be well defined as a result of insufficient food intake, living life with hunger and repeated infection. It comprises being underweight for one’s age, stunted growth where subjects are too short for one’s age, hazardously thin wasted body and deficient in vitamins and minerals also known as micronutrient malnutrition. Aim: Prevalence Of Under nutrition And Its Associated Factors In Tribal Population Of Gadchiroli at Aheri (Ct), Gadchiroli (Vidarbha Region)District, Maharashtra. Materials And Methods: Family must consists of 1 children between ages of 1-6 years and their mothers must be available and willing to be interviewed were incorporated in the sample. Unwilling mothers were excluded. Three hundred study participants were included in the study. Original Research Article