Malnutrition is a serious problem in Chhattisgarh, afflicts 65% of children under 5 and causes over 50% of all deaths in this age group C. G. has succeeded in lowering the % of stunted and underweight children under the age of 5 year from 53%to 35% and from 53% to 39% respectively. The survey reveals that the number of wasted children in the state has increased from 24% to 32%. In C.G % of stunted and underweight children is high in the state capital Raipur and Chief minister’s constituency Rajnandgaon. In Raipur this% of 51.1% and 52.3% respectively and in Rajnandgaon it is 54% and 46.65 respectively. Malnutrition causes weaklings of children and an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Also, it leads to permanent impairment of physical and mental growth of those who survive. Protein energy malnutrition is identified as a major health and nutrition problem in developing countries like India. Chhattisgarh is a developing state of India, where a large population belongs to lower socioeconomic status. In Bilaspur dist. 2/3rd population of urban area living in slum and variables like age, sex, religion, literacy status of parents and morbidity of the children are significantly associated with malnutritionwhich contributes to high child mortality in under privileged community. So the community based study was conducted to know the different socioeconomic determinants of malnutrition in nearby area of Bilaspur