Jump to content

List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by CAPTAIN RAJU (talk | contribs) at 11:42, 27 April 2016 (Reverted 1 edit by 37.56.7.86 identified as test/vandalism using STiki). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Rank Sex Ratio Report 2015

States and union
territories of India
ordered by

This is a list of the States and Union territories of India ranked in order of total sex ratio for 2015, expressed as the number of women per thousand men.[1]

Rank State or union territory Sex ratio (women/1000 men)
1 Kerala 1058
2 Puducherry 1001
3 Tamil Nadu 995
4 Andhra Pradesh 992
5 Chhattisgarh 991
6 Manipur 987
7 Meghalaya 986
8 Odisha 978
9 Mizoram 975
10 Himachal Pradesh 974
11 Karnataka 968
12 Goa 968
13 Uttarakhand 963
14 Tripura 961
15 Assam 954
16 West Bengal 947
17 Jharkhand 947
18 Maharashtra 946
19 Lakshadweep 946
20 Nagaland 931
21 Madhya Pradesh 930
22 Rajasthan 926
23 Arunachal Pradesh 920
24 Haryana 903
25 Gujarat 918
26 Bihar 916
27 Uttar Pradesh 908
28 Punjab 893
29 Sikkim 889
30 Jammu and Kashmir 883
31 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 878
32 Delhi 866
33 Chandigarh 818
34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 775
35 Daman and Diu 591

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 -41
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

References

  1. ^ "As Per Current Population of India 2015". indiaonlinepages. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Provisional Population Totals". Government of India. Census Data 2011. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Population and Sex ratio by residence" (XLS). Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ^ http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/west+bengal.html
  6. ^ "Decline in Child Sex Ratio". Press Information Bureau of India. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_sex_ratio&oldid=717389841"