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Background: Lumbarization of the first sacral vertebra refers to the segmentation and incorporation of this vertebra into the lumbar spine. Sacralization is the fusion between L5 and the first sacral segment. Aim: To Identification Sacralization of L5 and Lumbarization of S1 in Ls Spine in plain x-ray. Methods: Patients are divided into two groups according to sacralization and lumbarization . 120 patients 66 males and 54 females were divided into two groups on the basis of age and gender. Result: Out of 120 patient, 66 patient were men and 54 were women. Result shows that Lumbarization and Sacralization were found in age group of 20-40 years and they were mostly men. The rest patients have normal back pain and not found any deformity. Conclusion: It can be concluded that patient of group A age 20-40 years have higher risk of Lumbarization and Sacralization . A total no. of 120 patients in which 38 patients have Lumbarization, 13 patients have sacralization and rest is normal. In the study found that males have higher no. of Lumbarization and Sacralization compare with females.