Background: Adolescents represent a very significant part of the community as they represent the future generation. Proper nutrition of adolescent girls is of immense public health importance for positive pregnancy outcomes to break the intergenerational malnutritional cycle. Very few reports are available on the anthropometric growth and nutritional standard of the Himachali adolescent girls. Aims: The present study aims to assess the prevalence of malnutrition of Himachali adolescent girls from their anthropometric growth standards. Methods and Material: A cross sectional study was conducted among school going girls within the age group of 10-17 years selected from non- hilly regions of Mandi district of the Himachal Pradesh. Height, weight and age at the time of survey were determined. Z-score for height for age and BMI for age was calculated and compared with WHO growth reference standard to detect stunting, wasting, overweight and obesity.