Table 1 Knowledge on malaria transmission and its symptoms
| Â | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Agents of spread of malaria | Â | Â |
 Mosquito bites | 603 | 78.01 |
 Drinking dirty water | 56 | 7.24 |
 Stale food | 10 | 1.29 |
 Touching infected person | 10 | 1.29 |
 Do not know | 85 | 11 |
 Other (ant bites, garbage etc.) | 9 | 1.16 |
Site of mosquito breeding (multiple response possible) | Â | Â |
 Dirty water | 461 | 59.64 |
 Garbage | 139 | 17.98 |
 Stagnant clean water | 134 | 17.34 |
 Muddy sludges/puddles | 234 | 30.27 |
 Do not know | 80 | 10.35 |
 Others | 10 | 1.29 |
Symptoms of malaria (multiple response on symptoms is possible) | Â | Â |
 Headache | 228 | 29.5 |
 Vomiting | 74 | 9.57 |
 High fever | 226 | 29.24 |
 Intermittent fever | 31 | 4.01 |
 Fever with chills | 503 | 65.07 |
 Do not know | 129 | 16.69 |
 Others | 19 | 2.46 |
Types of malaria | Â | Â |
 Vivax | 8 | 1.03 |
 Falciparum | 12 | 1.55 |
 Malariae | 1 | 0.13 |
 Ovale | 20 | 2.59 |
 Do not know | 732 | 94.7 |
Information source for malaria | Â | Â |
 ASHA | 124 | 16.04 |
 ANM | 57 | 7.37 |
 MTS/MI (GoMP) | 6 | 0.78 |
 VMW/MFC (MEDP) | 579 | 74.9 |
 Others | 7 | 0.91 |
 Total | 773 | 100 |