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Table 1 Overall sex ratio in India 1901 – 2011 per State

From: An emergentist vs a linear approach to social change processes: a gender look in contemporary India between modernity and Hindu tradition

 

1901

1911

1921

1931

1941

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

INDIA

972

964

955

950

945

946

941

930

934

927

933

940

Andamane & N.

318

352

303

495

574

625

617

617

760

818

846

878

Andhra Pradesh

985

992

993

987

980

986

981

981

975

972

978

992

Arunachal P.

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

894

894

862

859

901

920

Assam

919

915

896

874

875

868

869

869

910

923

932

954

Bengala

945

925

905

890

852

865

878

878

911

917

934

947

Bihar

1061

1051

1020

995

1002

1000

1005

1005

948

907

921

916

Chandigarh

771

720

743

715

763

781

652

652

769

720

773

818

Chhatisgarh

1046

1039

1041

1043

1032

1024

1008

1008

996

985

990

991

Dadra Nagar

960

967

940

911

925

946

963

963

974

952

811

775

Daman & Diu

995

1040

1143

1088

1080

1125

1169

1169

1062

969

709

618

Delhi

862

793

733

722

715

68

785

785

808

827

821

866

Goa

1091

1108

1120

1088

1084

1128

1066

1066

975

967

960

968

Gujarat

954

946

944

945

941

952

940

940

942

934

921

918

Haryana

867

835

844

844

869

871

868

868

870

865

861

877

Himachal P.

884

889

890

897

890

912

938

938

973

976

970

974

Jammu&Kasmir

882

876

865

865

869

873

878

878

892

896

900

883

Jharkhand

1032

1021

1002

989

978

961

960

960

940

922

941

947

Karnataka

983

981

969

965

960

966

959

959

963

960

964

968

Kerala

1004

1008

1011

1022

1027

1028

1022

1022

1032

1036

1058

1084

Lakshadweep

1063

987

1027

994

1018

1043

1020

1020

975

943

947

946

Madhya P.

972

967

949

947

946

945

932

932

921

912

920

930

Maharastra

978

966

950

947

949

941

936

936

937

934

922

925

Manipur

1037

1029

1041

1065

1055

1036

1015

1015

971

958

978

987

Meghalaya

1036

1013

1000

971

966

949

937

937

954

955

975

986

Mizoram

1113

1120

1109

1102

1069

1041

1009

1009

919

921

938

975

Nagaland

973

993

992

997

1021

999

933

933

963

886

909

931

Orissa

1037

1056

1086

1067

1053

1022

1001

1001

981

971

972

978

Pondicherry

ND

1058

1053

ND

ND

1030

1013

1013

985

979

1001

1038

Punjab

832

780

799

815

836

844

854

854

879

882

874

893

Rajastan

905

908

896

907

906

921

908

908

919

910

922

926

Sikkim

916

951

970

967

920

907

904

904

835

878

875

889

Tamil Nadu

1044

1042

1029

1027

1012

1007

992

992

977

974

986

995

Tripura

874

885

885

885

886

904

932

932

946

945

950

961

Uttar Pradesh

938

916

908

903

907

908

907

907

882

876

898

908

Uttaranchal

918

907

916

913

907

940

947

947

936

936

964

963

  1. Women per 1000 men.
  2. Source: Census of India 2011.