Menarcheal and Menopausal Age Distribution among the Kshatriya Women of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Menarche and menopause demarcate the limits of potential reproductive life span in the female. A number of studies have conducted on this aspect in different endogamous population of Andhra Pradesh at different time’s .For the present work the urban and rural areas of Kshatriya women have been taken to study and this population has not studied previously on this aspect. In the study population it has been observed that, the early menarche in urban area while late menarche more in rural area. The difference of mean menopausal age between rural and urban areas is not significant. The Present data is also compared with other Andhra population.