AREA AND POPULATION

Table 2.6 -SEX RATIO POPULATION BY CENSUS

State/Union
Territory
1

1901

1911

1921

INDIA

972

964

Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhatisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

985
..
919
1061
1046
1091
954
867
884
882
1032
983
1004
972
978
1037
1036
1113
973
1037
832
905
916
1044
874
918
938
945

Union Territory:
A.& N.Islands
Chandigarh
D.& N.Haveli

318
771
960

1931

1941

1951

1961

1971

955

950

945

946

941

930

992
..
915
1051
1039
1108
946
835
889
876
1021
981
1008
967
966
1029
1013
1120
993
1056
780
908
951
1042
885
907
916
925

993
..
896
1020
1041
1120
944
844
890
870
1002
969
1011
949
950
1041
1000
1109
992
1086
799
896
970
1029
885
916
908
905

987
..
874
995
1043
1088
945
844
897
865
989
965
1022
947
947
1065
971
1102
997
1067
815
907
967
1027
885
913
903
890

980
..
875
1002
1032
1084
941
869
890
869
978
960
1027
946
949
1055
966
1069
1021
1053
836
906
920
1012
886
907
907
852

986
..
868
1000
1024
1128
952
871
912
873
961
966
1028
945
941
1036
949
1041
999
1022
844
921
907
1007
904
940
908
865

981
894
869
1005
1008
1066
940
868
938
878
960
959
1022
932
936
1015
937
1009
933
1001
854
908
904
992
932
907
947
878

977
861
896
957
998
981
934
867
958
878
945
957
1016
920
930
980
942
946
871
988
865
911
863
978
943
876
940
891

352
720
967

303
743
940

495
751
911

575
763
925

625
781
946

617
652
963

644
749
1007

Daman & Diu

Delhi
Lakshadweep
Puducherry

995
862
1063
..

1040
793
987
1058

1143
733
1027
1053

1088
722
994
..

1080
715
1018
..

1125
768
1043
1030

1169
785
1020
1013

1099
801
978
989

Source : Office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs

Note:
1. For working out the sex ratio of India and Assam for 1981, interpolated figures for Assam have been used.
2. For working out the sex ratio of India and Jammu & Kashmir for 1991, interpolated figures for Jammu & Kashmir have been used.
3. The sex ratio for Arunachal Pradesh is not available for the years 1901-1951 and for pondicherry it is not available for the years 1901,
1931 and 1941.

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1981

1991

2001

2011

10

11

12

13

934

927

933

940

975
862
910
948
996
975
942
870
973
892
940
963
1032
921
937
971
954
919
863
981
879
919
835
977
946
882
936
911

972
859
923
907
985
967
934
865
976
896
922
960
1036
912
934
958
955
921
886
971
882
910
878
974
945
876
936
917

978
893
935
919
989
961
920
861
968
892
941
965
1058
919
922
974
972
935
900
972
876
921
875
987
948
898
962
934

992
920
954
916
991
968
918
877
974
883
947
968
1084
930
925
987
986
975
931
978
893
926
889
995
961
908
963
947

760
769
974

818
790
952

846
777
812

878
818
775

1062
808
975
985

hmir have been used.

lable for the years 1901,

969
827
943
979

710
821
948
1001

618
866
946
1038

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