State wise Sex Ratio in India in 2011 compared with 2001 census

In 2011 male female sex ratio in India is 940, that means there are 940 females per 1000 males in the country. If reversed it is 1063 males per 1000 females. Children under 6 years of age has a ratio of 944 females per 1000 males. India ranks number 21 for male per female sex ratio in the World. Some countries like UAE and Quatar has double number of males than females.

In 2001 sex ratio in India was 933 females per 1000 males. During the last decade sex ratio in India has increased 0.75% and it is still not satisfied.

Top five states with highest female sex ratio in India are –

1. Kerala has the highest sex ratio of 1084 female per 1000 male.
2. Puducherry(U/T) has a sex ratio of 1038 female per 1000 male.
3. Tamil Nadu has a sex ratio of 995 female per 1000 male.
4. Andhra Pradesh has a sex ratio of 992 female per 1000 male.
5. Chhattisgarh has a sex ratio of 991 female per 1000 male.

Bottom five states with lowest female sex ratio in India are -

4 of bottom five are 4 union territories and that includes Delhi at number four.

1. Daman in Daman & Diu(U/T) has the lowest sex ratio of only 618 females per 1000 male.
2. Dadra & Nagar Haveli another union territory also has a very low sex ratio of 775 female per 1000 male.
3. Chandigarh has a sex ratio of 818 female per 1000 male.
4. NCT of Delhi has a sex ratio of 866 female per 1000 male.
5. Haryana has a sex ratio of 877 female per 1000 male.

There have been some huge negative changes of female sex ratio in states like Daman Diu and Dara & Nagar Haveli. Sex ratio dropped 12.96% during last decade in Daman Diu and 4.56% in Dadra Nagar Haveli. Jammu & Kashmir also has a nagetive change of 1.01%.

Though Delhi has a positive change of 5.48% in female sex ratio but it is still in the bottom five list. Chandigarh also shows some improvement of 5.28% from last census. Female sex ratio increased about 4% in states like Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and some other.

State wise Sex Ratio in India in 2011 compared with 2001 census

Code	States/Union Territory #	Total 2001	Total 2011	Change
INDIA		933	940	0.75%
1	Jammu & Kashmir	892	883	-1.01%
2	Himachal Pradesh	968	974	0.62%
3	Punjab	876	893	1.94%
4	Chandigarh #	777	818	5.28%
5	Uttarakhand	962	963	0.10%
6	Haryana	861	877	1.86%
7	NCT of Delhi #	821	866	5.48%
8	Rajasthan	921	926	0.54%
9	Uttar Pradesh	898	908	1.11%
10	Bihar	919	916	-0.33%
11	Sikkim	875	889	1.60%
12	Arunachal Pradesh	893	920	3.02%
13	Nagaland	900	931	3.44%
14	Manipur	974	987	1.33%
15	Mizoram	935	975	4.28%
16	Tripura	948	961	1.37%
17	Meghalaya	972	986	1.44%
18	Assam	935	954	2.03%
19	West Bengal	934	947	1.39%
20	Jharkhand	941	947	0.64%
21	Orissa	972	978	0.62%
22	Chhattisgarh	989	991	0.20%
23	Madhya Pradesh	919	930	1.20%
24	Gujarat	920	918	-0.22%
25	Daman & Diu #	710	618	-12.96%
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli #	812	775	-4.56%
27	Maharashtra	922	925	0.33%
28	Andhra Pradesh	978	992	1.43%
29	Karnataka	965	968	0.31%
30	Goa	961	968	0.73%
31	Lakshadweep #	948	946	-0.21%
32	Kerala	1058	1084	2.46%
33	Tamil Nadu	987	995	0.81%
34	Puducherry #	1001	1038	3.70%
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands #	846	878	3.78%