The Study of Cephalic Index in Punjabi Students

Cephalic Index (CI) is useful in differentiation of racial and sexual differences. There is a lesser amount of 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.