Poor food habits could be a result of ignorance about nutrition. The best places to address this problem and begin the nutrition education process are schools and universities. As a result, educators need to possess sufficient dietary understanding. The purpose of this study was to assess a sample of College of Darbhanga City students' general nutrition knowledge as well as demographic differences in knowledge.  A apprised and validated form of the General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire was used in a cross-sectional study aimed at college-bound females. To ascertain the relationship between different parameters and the nutrition knowledge score, univariate and multivariate analyses were carried out. Three hundred twenty-two pupils in all answered the questionnaire. Using the original Bloom's cutoff standards, the majority of respondents (70.2%) had a poor level of understanding about nutrition. The primary factors that determined the nutrition knowledge score were BMI, culinary methods, and who was in charge of meal preparation in the home. Pupils who were underweight, normal, or overweight did not acquire significantly higher results than those with a BMI of ≥30. Students who reported relying on the housekeeper to make their meals had much lower results than those who either cook for themselves or rely on family members. For nutrition education initiatives in educational institutions to be administered effectively, this needs to be addressed.