1Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar
2Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar
3Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar
4Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar
Cephalic Index (CI) is useful in differentiation of racial and sexual differences. There is less published literature about CI of Punjabi students. Hence, we under took this study to document the cephalometric characteristics and gender differences in CI of Punjabi community. Head length, head breadth and CI were determined for 400 medical students (17–23 years) of Punjab. The mean CI for males was 81.34 and for females 85.75 which was statistically significant. On comparison with the existing literature the Punjabi community can be categorized as Brachycephalic/Hyperbrachicephalic and the data presented can be useful for experts in forensic science.
Anthropometry, Cephalic index, head-length, head-breadth
