Indian states and territories ranking by sex ratio

Sex ratio, here is expressed as the number of women per 

thousand men in a given population at a given time. 

Data given per the Census of India 2001 and 2011 results.

Note that India had a sex ratio of 940 females per 1000 males as per 2011 data,

 an improvement of 7 over the ratio of 1000:933 in 2001.

Rank: 1  State: Kerala
Women per 1000 men (2011): 1,084
Women per 1000 men (2001): 1,058
Increase in Sex Ratio: +26

Rank: 2
State: Pondicherry
Women per 1000 men (2011): 1,031
Women per 1000 men (2001): 990
Increase in Sex Ratio: +41
 
Rank: 3  State: Tamil Nadu 
 Women per 1000 men (2011): 995 
 Women per 1000 men (2001): 986 Increase in Sex Ration: +9
 

Rank: 4  State: Andhra Pradesh  
Women per 1000 men (2011): 992  Women per 1000 men (2001):
 978  Increase in Sex Ratio: +14

Rank: 6 State: Manipur
Women per 1000 men (2011): 987
 Women per 1000 men (2001): 978 Increase in Sex Ratio: +9

Rank: 7

State: Meghalaya

Women per 1000 men (2011): 986

Women per 1000 men (2001): 975

Increase in Sex Ratio: +11

Rank: 8

State: Orissa

Women per 1000 men (2011): 978

Women per 1000 men (2001): 972

Increase in Sex Ratio: +6

Rank: 9

State: Mizoram

Women per 1000 men (2011): 975

Women per 1000 men (2001): 938

Increase in Sex Ratio: +37

State: Himachal Pradesh

Women per 1000 men (2011):974

Women per 1000 men (2001):970

Increase in Sex Ratio: +4

Rank: 11

State:Karnataka

Women per 1000 men (2011):968

Women per 1000 men (2001):964

Increase in Sex Ratio: +4

Rank: 12

State:Goa

Women per 1000 men (2011):968

Women per 1000 men (2001):960

Increase in Sex Ratio: +8

Rank: 13

State: Uttarakhand

Women per 1000 men (2011):963

Women per 1000 men (2001):964

Increase in Sex Ratio: -1

Rank: 14

State: Tripura

Women per 1000 men (2011):961

Women per 1000 men (2001):950

Increase in Sex Ratio: +11

Rank: 15

State: Assam

Women per 1000 men (2011):954

Women per 1000 men (2001):932

Increase in Sex Ratio: +22

Rank: 16

State:Lakshadweep

Women per 1000 men (2011):946

Women per 1000 men (2001):947

Increase in Sex Ratio:-1

Rank: 17

State:Jharkhand

Women per 1000 men (2011):947

Women per 1000 men (2001):941

Increase in Sex Ratio:+6

Rank:18

State:West Bengal

Women per 1000 men (2011):947

Women per 1000 men (2001):934

Increase in Sex Ratio:+13

Rank:19

State:Maharashtra

Women per 1000 men (2011):946

Women per 1000 men (2001):922

Increase in Sex Ratio:+24

Rank:20

State:Nagaland

Women per 1000 men (2011):931

Women per 1000 men (2001):909

Increase in Sex Ratio:+22 

Rank:21

State:Madhya Pradesh

Women per 1000 men (2011):930

Women per 1000 men (2001):920

Increase in Sex Ratio:+10

Rank:22
State:Rajasthan
Women per 1000 men (2011):926
Women per 1000 men (2001):922
Increase in Sex Ratio:+4

Rank:23
State:Arunachal Pradesh
Women per 1000 men (2011):920
Women per 1000 men (2001):901
Increase in Sex Ratio:+19 

Rank:24
State:Gujarat
Women per 1000 men (2011):918
Women per 1000 men (2001):921
Increase in Sex Ratio:-3 

Rank:25
State:Bihar
Women per 1000 men (2011):916
Women per 1000 men (2001):921
Increase in Sex Ratio:-5 

Rank:26
State:Uttar Pradesh
Women per 1000 men (2011):908
Women per 1000 men (2001):898
Increase in Sex Ratio:+10

Rank:27
State:Punjab
Women per 1000 men (2011):893
Women per 1000 men (2001):874
Increase in Sex Ratio:+19 

Rank:28
State:Sikkim
Women per 1000 men (2011):889
Women per 1000 men (2001):875
Increase in Sex Ratio:+14 

Rank:29
State:Jammu & Kashmir
Women per 1000 men (2011):883
Women per 1000 men (2001):900
Increase in Sex Ratio:-17

Rank: 30
State: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Women per 1000 men (2011): 878
Women per 1000 men (2001): 846
Increase in Sex Ratio: +32

Rank: 31
State: Haryana
Women per 1000 men (2011): 877
Women per 1000 men (2001): 861
Increase in Sex Ratio: +16

Rank: 32
State: Delhi
Women per 1000 men (2011): 866
Women per 1000 men (2001): 821
Increase in Sex Ratio: +45

Rank: 33 State: Chandigarh 
Women per 1000 men (2011): 818 ,
 Women per 1000 men (2001): 773 , 
Increase in Sex Ratio: +45

Rank: 34,State: Diu and Daman,
Women per 1000 men (2011): 775,Women per 1000 men
 (2001): 811,Increase in Sex Ratio: -36

Rank: 35,
State: Dadra & Nagar Haveli,Women per 1000 men (2011):
 618,Women per 1000 men (2001): 709,Increase in Sex Ratio: -91