Tribes, who still could not drift with the mainstream population of the country, are one of the major concerns of our country since they largely contribute in the demography of India. They prefer to restrict themselves into a traditional boundary; therefore, they could not access most of the resources of the nation. Improper accession of several socio-economic as well as dietary resources can lead the tribal communities towards occurrence of malnutrition. The Santal is one of them and the present study mainly concerns about the nutritional status of the Santal adult population of Jharkhand state of India. This cross-sectional study included 80 adult Santal individuals (42 males and 38 females) from Kalimati mouza under Ghatshila block of Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, India. BMI and MUAC were the major indicators used here for assessing the nutritional status of the participants. Outcome of this study stated that the reference population mostly comprised of young adults (18-40 years of age). They contributed to 60% of the study population which was noticeable. Mean age of the participants of both the sexes showed 38.24±14.36 years and 37.11±16.64 years respectively for males and females. In the average of all the anthropometric measurements gender asymmetry was clearly noticed. Study further revealed that 16.67% of males, 42.11% of females and 28.75% of total population were suffering from Chronic Energy Deficiency and 16.67% of males, 13.16% of females and 15.00% of total population became overweight. Nutritional status assessment through MUAC also revealed more or less similar result. It also suggested that nearly three fourth of the population (72.50%) was nutritionally normal whereas rest (27.50%) was found to be underweight. The study concluded that the high prevalence of undernutrition prevailed in the studied population and females were in more concerning situation for undernutrition than males.