Background: The present study was conducted for evaluating the FNAC findings in children aged 1 to 10 years with cervical lymphadenopathy. Materials &Methods: A total of 40 pediatric subjects were enrolled. Complete demographic details of all the subjects were recorded. Only those subjects were enrolled among which there was presence of cervical lymphadenopathy of more than 1 cm. patients with insignificant palpable lymph nodes were excluded. Fine Needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was done in all the subjects. All the findings were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet followed by statistical analysis using SPSS software. Results: FNAC findings showed presence of tuberculosis, granulomatous infection, suppurative infection and reactive hyperplasia in 27.5 percent, 7.5 percent, 12.5 percent and 52.5 percent of the patients respectively. Causes of lymphadenopathy were tonsilitis, otitis media, tuberculosis, lymphadenitis and scalp infection in 30 percent, 30 percent, 27.5 percent, 7.5 percent and 17.5 percent of the subjects respectively. Conclusion: In order to diagnose cervical lymphadenopathy, FNAC is a reliable, quick, and safe method that can eliminate the need for more invasive techniques like open biopsy.