Background: Dental caries is an infectious microbial disease of multifactorial origin in which diet, host, and microbial flora interacts over a period of time in such a way so as to encourage demineralization of the tooth enamel with resultant caries formation. The present study was conducted to assess prevalence of dental caries among school going children. Materials & Methods: 480 school-going children of both genders were selected. Clinical examination was carried out using mouth mirror, probe, and explorer. The examination was done under natural daylight using the WHO criteria. Results: Out of 480 children, 210 were boys and 270 were girls. Out of 210 boys, 52 had dental caries and out of 270 girls, 60 had dental caries. Age group 5-8 years had 34 children, 8-11 years had 50 and 11-14 years had 28 children. Tooth brushing frequency was