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List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio

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]] 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.

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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

Map showing the sex ratio of each district in India based on the 2001 census data.

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-5	2011 Census	2001 Census	Change (2001 to 2011)	Rank (Sex ratio at birth)	Sex ratio at birth	Sex ratio
1	UT1	1051	947	911	948	959	(−1)	(−48)
2	S1	1028	960	957	948	966	(12)	(−9)
3	S2	989	989	970	972	973	(17)	(−3)
4	S3	984	963	890	962	908	(1)	(−18)
5	S4	979	938	972	893	964	(45)	(8)
6	S5	978	973	948	965	946	(8)	(2)
7	UT2	976	889	862	892	941	(−3)	(−79)
8	S6	973	950	956	934	960	(16)	(−4)
9	S7	969	976	970	935	964	(41)	(6)
10	S8	969	890	957	875	963	(15)	(−6)
11	S9	967	992	930	978	957	(14)	(−27)
12	S10	964	958	962	935	965	(23)	(−3)
13	S11	960	991	969	989	975	(2)	(−6)
14	UT3	959	1037	967	1001	967	(36)
15	S12	956	931	918	919	932	(12)	(−14)
16	S13	955	919	890	920	883	(−1)	(7)
17	S14	951	1084	964	1058	960	(26)	(4)
18	S15	945	931	943	900	964	(31)	(−21)
19	S16	941	912	902	898	916	(14)	(−14)
20	S17	934	993	939	978	961	(15)	(−22)
		929	943	919	933	927	(10)	(−8)
21	UT4	923	868	871	821	868	(47)	(3)
22	UT5	914	876	968	846	957	(30)	(11)
23	S18	913	929	894	922	913	(7)	(−19)
24	S19	908	918	935	919	942	(−1)	(−7)
25	S20	904	895	846	876	798	(19)	(48)
26	S21	899	948	948	941	965	(7)	(−17)
27	S22	894	988	-	-	-	–	–
28	S23	894	979	941	972	953	(7)	(−12)
29	S24	893	879	834	861	819	(18)	(15)
30	S25	891	928	888	921	909	(7)	(−21)
31	S26	878	996	943	987	942	(9)	(1)
32	S27	875	972	909	968	896	(4)	(13)
33	S28	838	973	942	961	938	(12)	(4)
34	UT6	838	818	880	777	845	(41)	(35)
35	UT7	817	774	926	812	979	(−38)	(−53)
36	UT8	817	618	904	710	926	(−92)	(−22)

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