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Introduction: Femur is the key bone among the skeletal remains to determine sex for anatomists, anthropologists, and forensic experts. In the present study, we considered most of the parameters to determine sex from the femur. Methods: We studied eighty-four undamaged, intact femora of unknown sex. The present study were carried out in S. C. B. Medical College Cuttack from December 2019 to April 2020. The parameters, like maximum length, maximum breadth, head circumference, mid-shaft circumference, and vertical diameter femur head, were measured by a goniometer and verniers caliper. Results: From each femur above-mentioned parameters were recorded, and the details were obtained about the mean, Standard Deviation, percentage, and p-Value. Then these details were compared with the findings of other studies to conclude. Conclusion: These measurements show the values are higher in males than females and were statistically highly significant between males and females with a p-value <0.0001. INTRODUCTION:The determination of sex is almost accurate from the examination of the entire skeleton. It is expected to determine sex from isolated long bones or its fragments in the medicolegal purpose 1 . It is a challenge to determine sex from unidentified human skeletal remains for Anthropologists and Forensic investigators 2 . Skull and pelvis are the most reliable bones for sex determination 3, 4 . The femur is the human skeleton's largest, strongest, and heaviest bone 5, 6 . As it takes more time to decay than the other bones, it becomes a better specimen for the sex determination of a human being.