List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio

Sex ratio is used to describe the ratio of females to males in a population. In India, the sex ratio has been estimated via a number of methods and data sets including the decennial censuses, the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), the Civil Registration System, the Sample Registration System and the Health Management Information System. In 2014, the ratio of female births per 1000 male births varied from 887 to 918 using these estimates. According to the NFHS-4 (2015–16) sex ratio of the total population (females per 1,000 males) was 991 (with an urban ratio of 956 and a rural ratio of 1,009).

In 2011–2013, it was revealed through a population census with the Sample Registration System (SRS) that the sex ratio of India was 909 females per 1000 of males. It has skewed downwards from then, recording 900 females in 2013–2015 and 896 in 2015–17 per 1000 of males. Furthermore, that survey conducted with the SRS also showed Chhattisgarh as the highest sex ratio at 961, while Haryana was recorded the lowest at 831.

The male-skew in India's sex ratio has increased since the early 20th century. In 1901 there were 3.2 million fewer women than men in India, but by the 2001 Census the disparity had increased by more than a factor of 10, to 35 million. This increase has been variously attributed to female infanticide, selective abortions (aided by increasing access to prenatal sex discernment procedures), and female child neglect. It has been suggested that the motivation for this selection against female children is due to the lower status and perceived usefulness of women in India's patriarchal society.

Ranking of states and union territories

In the table below, the rank numbers represented by 'S' are for states while 'UT' are for union territories. The data in the table is based on the population census of 2001 and 2011. No.State/ Union Territory NHFS-52011 Census2001 CensusChange (2001 to 2011)Rank (Sex ratio at birth)Sex ratio at birthSex ratioChild sex ratio Sex ratio Child sex ratio Sex ratioChild sex ratio1LakshadweepUT1 1051 947 911 948 959 (−1) (−48)2TripuraS1 1028 960 957 948 966 (12) (−9)3MeghalayaS2 989 989 970 972 973 (17) (−3)4UttarakhandS3 984 963 890 962 908 (1) (−18)5Arunachal PradeshS4 979 938 972 893 964 (45) (8)6KarnatakaS5 978 973 948 965 946 (8) (2)7Jammu and KashmirUT2976 889862 892941 (−3) (−79)8West BengalS6 973 950 956 934 960 (16) (−4)9MizoramS7 969 976 970 935 964 (41) (6)10SikkimS8969 890 957 875 963 (15) (−6)11ManipurS9 967 992 930 978 957 (14) (−27)12AssamS10 964 958 962 935 965 (23) (−3)13ChhattisgarhS11 960 991 969 989 975 (2) (−6)14PuducherryUT3 959 1037 967 1001 967 (36)15Madhya PradeshS12956 931 918 919 932 (12) (−14)16GujaratS13 955 919 890 920 883 (−1) (7)17KeralaS14 951 1084 964 1058 960 (26) (4)18NagalandS15945931943900964 (31) (−21)19Uttar PradeshS16941 912 902 898 916 (14) (−14)20Andhra PradeshS17 934 993 939 978 961 (15) (−22)India929943919933927 (10) (−8)21DelhiUT4923868871821868 (47) (3)22Andaman and Nicobar IslandsUT5914876968846957 (30) (11)23MaharashtraS18 913 929 894 922 913 (7) (−19)24BiharS19908 918 935 919 942 (−1) (−7)25PunjabS20904 895846 876798 (19) (48)26JharkhandS21899 948 948 941 965 (7) (−17)27TelanganaS22 894 988 - - - – –28OdishaS23 894 979 941 972 953 (7) (−12)29HaryanaS24893 879834 861819 (18) (15)30RajasthanS25891 928 888 921 909 (7) (−21)31Tamil NaduS26 878 996 943 987 942 (9) (1)32Himachal PradeshS27 875 972 909 968 896 (4) (13)33GoaS28 838 973 942 961 938 (12) (4)34ChandigarhUT6838818880777845 (41) (35)35Dadra and Nagar HaveliUT7817774926812979 (−38) (−53)36Daman and DiuUT8817618904710926 (−92) (−22)

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List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio

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