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BACKGROUND Estimation of human stature is one of the important aspects of any forensic investigation. Anatomists, forensic experts and anthropologists all over the world have studied dimensions of various parts of body and correlated them with stature. India is studded with many places of pilgrimage, and other religious places where people tend to walk bare footed for religious reasons. Various studies have been conducted in Indian population on the same subject in past. The principal goal of these studies was to create a database and to derive coefficient and linear regression coefficient for stature and hand and foot dimensions. The present study aims to systematically review all the observations achieved from previous studies done in India. METHODS A detailed online search of articles was made on various databases like MedLine, PubMed, Wiley Online Library, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Embase etc. from 2000 to present and 23 studies were found. Amongst these 23 studies, 15 studies were shortlisted based on their similarity as per study design, sample size, variables studied taking authors own study as reference study. RESULTS All the 23 shortlisted studies were reviewed, and observations were tabulated, statistically analysed and graphically represented. CONCLUSIONS Significant positive correlation was observed between human stature and hand and foot dimensions. Foot length was stated as a better predictor of stature compared to other dimensions. Human stature of north Indian population is higher than south Indian population. Hand and foot dimensions are higher in north Indian males than south Indian males.