Sex Ratio in India

Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. Sex ratio is a valuable source for finding the population of women in India and what is the ratio of women to that of men in India. In the Population Census of 2011 it was revealed that the population ratio in India 2011 is 940 females per 1000 of males. The Sex Ratio 2011 shows an upward trend from the census 2001 data. Census 2001 revealed that there were 933 females to that of 1000 males. Since decades India has seen a decrease in the sex ratio 2011, but since the last two of the decades there has been in slight increase in the sex ratio. Since the last five decades the sex ratio has been moving around 930 of females to that of 1000 of males.

		Latest Data		2001 Census
Rank	State	Sex Ratio	Child Sexratio	Sex Ratio	Child Sexratio
-	India	943	919	933	927
1	Kerala	1084	964	1058	960
2	Puducherry	1037	967	1001	967
3	Tamil Nadu	996	943	987	942
4	Andhra Pradesh	993	939	978	961
5	Chhattisgarh	991	969	989	975
6	Meghalaya	989	970	972	973
7	Manipur	985	930	974	957
8	Orissa	979	941	972	953
9	Mizoram	976	970	935	964
10	Goa	973	942	961	938
11	Karnataka	973	948	965	946
12	Himachal Pradesh	972	909	968	896
13	Uttarakhand	963	890	962	908
14	Tripura	960	957	948	966
15	Assam	958	962	935	965
16	West Bengal	950	956	934	960
17	Jharkhand	948	948	941	965
18	Lakshadweep	946	911	948	959
19	Arunachal Pradesh	938	972	893	964
20	Madhya Pradesh	931	918	919	932
21	Nagaland	931	943	900	964
22	Maharashtra	929	894	922	913
23	Rajasthan	928	888	921	909
24	Gujarat	919	890	920	883
25	Bihar	918	935	919	942
26	Uttar Pradesh	912	902	898	916
27	Punjab	895	846	876	798
28	Sikkim	890	957	875	963
29	Jammu and Kashmir	889	862	892	941
30	Haryana	879	834	861	819
31	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	876	968	846	957
32	Delhi	868	871	821	868
33	Chandigarh	818	880	777	845
34	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	774	926	812	979
35	Daman and Diu	618	904	710	926