Background:-Hip bone is one among the bones in the human skeleton that is most sexually dimorphic and provides sufficient evidence for sex determination even if some parts or fragments are available. This bone is of great use for anatomic, medicolegal and anthropological purposes. The present study aims to determine the sexual differences in morphometric diameters of the ischial part of dry hip bone. Methodology: The present study is done on 50 undamaged dry human hip bones of known sex and side (M: F=20:30, R: L=23:27) taken from the Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Srinagar. The different parameters are (1)Height of ischium (2) of ischium up to the farthest point on the acetabular rim (3)Lower spinal length (4) spinal height. Results: In our present study, the parameters we found were longer in males as compared to females. Also, the parameters were longer on the right side in both males and females but the difference was statistically insignificant. The height of ischium in males on the right side is 7.3±0.5mm and in females 7.1±0.33mm, in females on the left side is 6.8±0.34mm. Ischial length up to the farthest point on the acetabulum rim in males on the right side is 10.3±0.8mm and on the left side 7.3±0.32.In females on the right side 10.1±0.8mm and on the left side 9.9±0.9.The lower spine height in males on the right side is 12.43mm and on the left side 12.08±1.003mm, in females on the right side 12.5±1.6mm and on the left side 11.8±1.0.The frontal spinal height in males on the right side is 15.42±0.7mm, on the left side 15.12±1.74mm, in females on the right side is 15.3±1.02 and on left side 15.0±1.0. Conclusion: The present study gives valuable data about different variants of the hip bone that are important in determining the size and gender of bone. Moreover, our study will add to the existing data of similar studies
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