Research Question: To study the awareness and health seeking behaviour pertaining to anaemia amongst the adolescent girls Settings: An urban slum of Mumbai Study Design: Descriptive Cross-sectional study design Participants: 943 adolescents girls between 10-19 years consenting to participate in research study Methodology: A systematic random sampling of the households to identify adolescent girls residing in the house. A pre-tested structured questionnaire in local language was used for interviewing the girls. Results: Amongst the 943 girls interviewed, 88% girls were currently studying. Almost all girls could enumerate atleast one symptom/sign of anaemia. Only 1% knew about haemoglobin testing. Majority of the girls mentioned poor food consumption as the cause of anaemia. Only 16% and 43% girls knew about ill effects of anaemia on pregnancy and newborn. Iron folic Acid supplementation is consumed by 12% girls currently and is being obtained from schools (90%).