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Child sex ratio in Census 2011
Girls per 1,000 boys among children aged 0–6 in the 2011 enumeration.
What this answers
Compare the child cohort separately from the total sex ratio; age coverage changes the answer.
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| Historical state / UT | girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6 | 2011 state code |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 968 | 35 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 939 | 28 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 972 | 12 |
| Assam | 962 | 18 |
| Bihar | 935 | 10 |
| Chandigarh | 880 | 04 |
| Chhattisgarh | 969 | 22 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 926 | 26 |
| Daman and Diu | 904 | 25 |
| Goa | 942 | 30 |
| Gujarat | 890 | 24 |
| Haryana | 834 | 06 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 909 | 02 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 862 | 01 |
| Jharkhand | 948 | 20 |
| Karnataka | 948 | 29 |
| Kerala | 964 | 32 |
| Lakshadweep | 911 | 31 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 918 | 23 |
| Maharashtra | 894 | 27 |
| Manipur | 930 | 14 |
| Meghalaya | 970 | 17 |
| Mizoram | 970 | 15 |
| NCT of Delhi | 871 | 07 |
| Nagaland | 943 | 13 |
| Odisha | 941 | 21 |
| Puducherry | 967 | 34 |
| Punjab | 846 | 03 |
| Rajasthan | 888 | 08 |
| Sikkim | 957 | 11 |
| Tamil Nadu | 943 | 33 |
| Tripura | 957 | 16 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 902 | 09 |
| Uttarakhand | 890 | 05 |
| West Bengal | 956 | 19 |
Alphabetical order; states and union territories are identified in their profiles. India is shown separately and not included in state rankings.
Ten districts with the highest published or derived values
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| District | Historical state / UT | girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6 |
|---|---|---|
| Lahul & Spiti | Himachal Pradesh | 1,033 |
| Dakshin Bastar Dantewada | Chhattisgarh | 1,005 |
| East Kameng | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,001 |
| Nabarangapur | Odisha | 998 |
| Bastar | Chhattisgarh | 994 |
| Malkangiri | Odisha | 992 |
| Anjaw | Arunachal Pradesh | 991 |
| Narayanpur | Chhattisgarh | 989 |
| East Siang | Arunachal Pradesh | 988 |
| Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh | 986 |
Ordered by this indicator, with names resolving ties. This descriptive ordering is not a quality or causal ranking. Use the explorer for all 640 districts.
Source and calculation
Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India: Primary Census Abstract, 2011, India/state/district workbook. The retained extract reconciles state and district counts and records source sheet/row locators on each place profile. Percentages are displayed to two decimals; undefined ratios remain unavailable.
Official PCA workbookField definitions and original codesLiteracy: literates ÷ population aged 7+ × 100. Participation: workers ÷ all residents × 100. Worker-category shares: the named main and marginal counts ÷ all workers × 100. Shares use compatible counts from one record; current boundaries are never assumed.