Statement  7: Median Age of Population By Sex and Residence : 2001Census									Years
		Total			Rural			Urban
		Person	Male	Female	Person	Male	Female	Person	Male	Female
	India	22.74	22.36	23.13	21.98	21.44	22.53	24.38	24.25	24.52
	Northern Region
	Haryana	21.78	21.26	22.41	21.11	20.56	21.79	23.28	22.85	23.81
	Himachal Pradesh	24.46	23.97	24.98	24.27	23.67	24.86	26.09	26.11	26.06
	Jammu & Kashmir	21.60	22.22	20.89	20.30	20.80	19.81	25.02	25.76	24.13
	Punjab	24.19	23.60	24.87	23.92	23.26	24.67	24.66	24.19	25.27
	Rajasthan	20.08	19.63	20.66	19.49	18.96	20.12	21.93	21.70	22.20
	Chandigarh	24.60	24.66	24.51	23.13	23.71	21.97	24.80	24.81	24.79
	Delhi	23.48	23.55	23.39	21.69	21.76	21.60	23.61	23.67	23.52
	North-Eastern Region
	Arunachal Pradesh	19.78	20.70	18.94	19.50	20.01	18.96	20.83	22.72	18.89
	Assam	21.58	21.80	21.37	20.85	20.91	20.79	25.78	26.63	24.90
	Manipur	23.07	23.04	23.09	22.51	22.55	22.48	24.58	24.43	24.72
	Meghalaya	18.54	18.57	18.52	17.85	17.84	17.85	21.06	21.35	20.78
	Mizoram	21.68	22.06	21.28	20.61	21.05	20.14	22.60	22.93	22.25
	Nagaland	19.97	20.28	19.68	19.82	19.93	19.69	20.87	22.01	19.66
	Tripura	23.32	23.58	23.08	22.33	22.52	22.13	27.67	28.28	27.11
	Eastern Region
	Bihar	19.55	19.06	20.16	19.35	18.79	20.06	21.04	21.06	21.01
	Jharkhand	20.58	20.33	20.83	19.96	19.54	20.46	22.32	22.58	22.00
	Orissa	24.13	24.11	24.14	23.96	23.86	24.05	24.92	25.22	24.61
	Sikkim	21.55	22.56	20.39	21.20	22.22	20.04	23.92	24.71	22.91
	West Bangal	24.07	24.19	23.95	22.54	22.45	22.63	27.74	28.22	27.23
	A & N Islands	24.50	25.24	23.62	24.15	24.94	23.26	25.10	25.76	24.32
	Central Region
	Chattisgarh	22.33	21.90	22.75	21.99	21.40	22.55	23.39	23.36	23.41
	Madhya Pradesh	21.11	20.74	21.52	20.48	20.00	20.98	22.62	22.40	22.89
	Uttar Pradesh	19.61	19.29	20.03	19.22	18.83	19.73	21.00	20.90	21.12
	Uttarakhand	21.47	20.87	22.08	20.71	19.78	21.64	23.28	23.23	23.34
	Western Region
	Goa	27.60	27.21	28.00	27.69	27.21	28.20	27.51	27.20	27.82
	Gujarat	23.62	23.17	24.12	22.98	22.48	23.51	24.55	24.12	25.07
	Maharashtra	24.35	23.84	24.95	23.83	22.90	24.87	24.91	24.79	25.05
	Dadra Nagar & Haveli	22.31	22.92	21.30	21.61	22.24	20.64	24.20	24.69	23.32
	Daman & Diu	23.66	23.58	23.86	23.06	23.29	22.27	25.41	24.83	26.05
	Southern Region
	Andhra Pradesh	24.37	24.01	24.73	24.42	23.90	24.94	24.25	24.25	24.24
	Karnataka	24.27	23.88	24.69	24.00	23.42	24.63	24.69	24.61	24.78
	Kerala	27.95	27.21	28.59	27.63	26.86	28.30	28.83	28.18	29.39
	Tamil Nadu	27.00	26.83	27.17	26.66	26.23	27.06	27.40	27.51	27.29
	Lakshadweep	22.96	23.00	22.92	21.99	22.28	21.71	24.20	23.92	24.47
	Pondicherry	26.49	26.31	26.65	25.56	25.31	25.80	26.93	26.79	27.06
	Source: Reports and Tables on Age Series-1, Census of India 2001