Prevalence of hip osteoarthritis, femoral neck fracture and other hip joint ailments are increasing day by day. Total hip arthroplasty is a commonly performed surgery now a day. There are regional and racial variations in the stature of the population of India. So there is always need of specific data for best fit prosthesis. Objective: The present study was conducted to compare the NSA disparity between femurs on both sides and to compare the NSA with the Western and Indian population sizes of

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... different regions. This research therefore leads to Indian data on these parameters. Materials and Methods: A total of 200 (100 right and 100 left) dried femur bones were used for measuring the neck shaft angle. For comparing the right and left femora, unpaired t-test was used. Results: The total mean value and standard deviation of neck shaft angle was 126.71°±5.12°. It ranges between 113° to 136°. The mean value of right side was 126.04±4.93° and left side was measured 127.40±5.20°. There was no significant correlation between right and left neck shaft angle. Conclusion: The mean left femoral NSA was higher than the right femoral shaft in the present study, but the values were not statistically important.