A COMPARETIVE STUDY OF FACIAL INDEX OF QYAMKHANI MUSLIMS AND RAJAPUTS COMMUNITY OF HANUMANGARHDIRTRICT OF RAJASTHAN
Keywords:
Facial height, Facial breadth, Facial index, Ieptoprosopic, HyperleptoprosopicAbstract
The facial index is lengthnose to the of the face from root of bottom of thechin, expressed as a
percentage of the greatest breadth across the cheek bones. Facial differences are much more
marked in relation to face than elsewhere, so it is very usefulanthropologically. For these 50
subjects of Qyamkhani Muslims ana 50 subjects of Rajputs Community between the age group
of 18-40were taken and their facial index was calculated and compared to each other. The result
indicated that average facial index inRajputscommunity (95.14 ± 3.08) was higher than
Qyamkhani Muslims community (93.65 ± 3.32).Mostly they were Hyperleptoprosopic and
Leptoprosopic. Average facial height (cm) in Qyamkhani Muslims and Rajputs communities
were 11.23 ± 0.63 and 11.53 ± 0.47 and average facial breadth (cm) is 12.01 ± 0.72 and 12.17 ±
0.52.
