Indian states and territories ranking by sex ratio
Rank according to SRS Statistical Report 2012
This is a list of the States and Union territories of India ranked in order of total sex ratio for the three years 2010, 2011, and 2012, expressed as the number of women per thousand men.[1]
| Rank | State | Women per 1000 men - 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 1084 |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 995 |
| 3 | Chhattisgarh | 979 |
| 4 | West Bengal | 950 |
| 5 | Karnataka | 973 |
| 6 | Odisha | 1007 |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 939 |
| 8 | Assam | 922 |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 921 |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh | 914 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 918 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 909 |
| 12 | Bihar | 909 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 896 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 895 |
| 15 | Rajasthan | 893 |
| 16 | Haryana | 883 |
| 17 | Uttar Pradesh | 874 |
| 18 | Punjab | 863 |
| 19 | Delhi | 857 |
| * | Total average | 908 |
Rank according to 2011 census
This is a list of the States and Union territories of India ranked in order of sex ratio for the years 2001 and 2011. Here, sex ratio is expressed as the number of women per thousand men in a given population at a given time. Data are per the Census of India 2001[2] and provisional census totals for 2011[3][4] results. As of 2011, Kerala has the highest sex ratio while Haryana has the lowest sex ratio among states and Daman & Diu has the lowest among all states and territories.
| Rank | State | Sex Ratio 2011 | Sex Ratio 2001 | Sex Ratio Change 2001 to 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 1,084 | 1,058 | +26 |
| 2 | Puducherry (2011) Pondicherry (2001) | 1,038 | 1,001 | +37 |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 995 | 986 | +9 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | 992 | 978 | +14 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 991 | 990 | +1 |
| 6 | Manipur | 987 | 978 | +9 |
| 7 | Meghalaya | 986 | 975 | +11 |
| 8 | Odisha (2011) Orissa (2001) | 978 | 972 | +6 |
| 9 | Mizoram | 975 | 938 | +37 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 974 | 970 | +4 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 973 | 964 | +9 |
| 12 | Goa | 968 | 960 | +8 |
| 13 | Uttarakhand (2011) Uttaranchal (2001) | 963 | 964 | -1 |
| 14 | Tripura | 961 | 950 | +11 |
| 15 | Assam | 954 | 932 | +22 |
| 16 | Lakshadweep | 946 | 947 | -1 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 947 | 941 | +6 |
| 18 | West Bengal | 950[5] | 934 | +16 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 931 | 909 | +22 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 930 | 920 | +10 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 926 | 922 | +4 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 925 | 922 | +3 |
| 23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 920 | 901 | +19 |
| 24 | Gujarat | 918 | 921 | -3 |
| 25 | Haryana | 879 | 921 | -5 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 908 | 898 | +10 |
| 27 | Punjab | 893 | 874 | +19 |
| 28 | Sikkim | 889 | 875 | +14 |
| 29 | Jammu & Kashmir | 883 | 900 | -17 |
| 30 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 878 | 846 | +32 |
| 31 | Bihar | 877 | 861 | +16 |
| 32 | Delhi | 866 | 821 | +45 |
| 33 | Chandigarh | 818 | 773 | +45 |
| 34 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 775 | 811 | -36 |
| 35 | Daman & Diu | 618 | 709 | -91 |
| * | Total average | 943 | 933 | +10 |
Child Sex Ratio according to 2011 census
The table below lists the child sex ratio among Indian states according to the 2011 Census.[6]
| Rank | State | Sex Ratio 2011 | Sex Ratio 2001 | Sex Ratio Change 2001 to 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 964 | 960 | +4 |
| 2 | Puducherry (2011) Pondicherry (2001) | 967 | 967 | 0 |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 943 | 942 | +1 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | 939 | 961 | -22 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 969 | 975 | -6 |
| 6 | Manipur | 936 | 957 | -21 |
| 7 | Meghalaya | 970 | 973 | -3 |
| 8 | Odisha (2011) Orissa (2001) | 941 | 953 | -12 |
| 9 | Mizoram | 970 | 964 | +6 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 909 | 896 | +13 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 948 | 946 | +2 |
| 12 | Goa | 942 | 938 | +4 |
| 13 | Uttarakhand (2011) Uttaranchal (2001) | 890 | 908 | -18 |
| 14 | Tripura | 957 | 966 | -9 |
| 15 | Assam | 962 | 965 | -3 |
| 16 | Lakshadweep | 911 | 959 | +48 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 948 | 965 | -17 |
| 18 | West Bengal | 956 | 960 | -4 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 943 | 964 | -21 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 918 | 932 | -14 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 888 | 909 | -21 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 894 | 913 | -19 |
| 23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 972 | 964 | +8 |
| 24 | Gujarat | 890 | 883 | +7 |
| 25 | Bihar | 935 | 942 | -7 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 902 | 916 | -14 |
| 27 | Punjab | 846 | 798 | +48 |
| 28 | Sikkim | 957 | 963 | -6 |
| 29 | Jammu & Kashmir | 862 | 941 | -79 |
| 30 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 968 | 957 | +11 |
| 31 | Haryana | 834 | 819 | +15 |
| 32 | Delhi | 871 | 868 | +3 |
| 33 | Chandigarh | 880 | 845 | +35 |
| 34 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 926 | 979 | -53 |
| 35 | Daman & Diu | 904 | 926 | -22 |
| * | Total average | 919 | 927 | -8 |
RATIO AT BIRTH IS GIVEN AT STATEMENT NO. 16 OF THE FIRST REFERENCE
Sex ratio (female per 1000 male) at birth by residence,
India and bigger States, 2010-2012
India and bigger States
Total India 908
Andhra Pradesh 914
Assam 922
Bihar 909
Chhattisgarh 979
Delhi 884
Gujarat 909
Haryana 857
Himachal Pradesh 939
Jammu & Kashmir 895
Jharkhand 918
Karnataka 950
Kerala 966
Madhya Pradesh 921
Maharashtra 896
Odisha 948
Punjab 863
Rajasthan 893
Tamil Nadu 928
Uttar Pradesh 874
West Bengal 944
References
- ↑ "SRS Report 2012" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ "Women and Men in Development - (Sex Ratio data from Census of India, 2001)" (PDF). NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SECURITY. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Provisional Population Totals". Government of India. Census Data 2011. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Population and Sex ratio by residence" (XLS). Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/west+bengal.html
- ↑ "Decline in Child Sex Ratio". Press Information Bureau of India. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.