Statement 7 : Distribution of Population above Age 18
Total
Rural
Urban
Sex Ratio
Persons
Male
Females
Persons
Males
Females
Persons
Males
Females
Total
Rural
Urban
India
58.6
58.1
59.2
57.0
56.2
57.8
62.9
63.0
62.9
950
972
899
Northern Region
57.3
57.0
57.8
55.5
54.8
56.3
61.1
61.2
60.9
903
937
845
Haryana
57.3
56.7
58.0
56.0
55.4
56.8
60.6
60.0
61.3
881
888
864
Himachal Pradesh
62.6
61.7
63.4
62.0
60.9
63.1
67.8
68.7
66.7
995
1025
771
Jammu & Kashmir
56.9
58.0
55.7
54.6
55.4
53.7
64.0
65.4
62.3
857
889
780
Punjab
62.1
61.3
63.2
61.3
60.3
62.5
63.7
63.1
64.5
903
923
867
Rajasthan
53.7
53.0
54.4
52.4
51.5
53.4
57.9
57.7
58.1
946
963
895
Chandigarh
65.1
66.0
63.9
63.5
66.9
58.1
65.2
65.9
64.4
752
540
779
Delhi
61.4
62.1
60.4
57.4
58.2
56.6
61.7
62.4
60.7
798
787
798
North-Eastern Region
56.7
56.9
56.4
55.3
55.4
55.2
63.8
64.9
62.6
928
942
869
Arunachal Pradesh
53.5
54.9
51.9
52.8
53.7
51.9
55.9
59.1
52.0
844
882
720
Assam
56.6
56.9
56.4
55.3
55.4
55.3
65.6
67.0
64.1
926
943
835
Manipur
60.7
60.5
61.0
59.7
59.6
59.8
63.6
63.0
64.2
986
971
1027
Meghalaya
51.0
51.0
51.0
49.5
49.4
49.5
57.2
57.7
56.8
971
972
967
Mizoram
58.0
58.7
57.3
55.3
56.1
54.5
60.7
61.4
60.0
913
898
927
Nagaland
55.4
56.1
54.6
55.1
55.4
54.7
57.0
59.2
54.3
877
904
761
Tripura
59.7
59.8
59.6
58.0
58.1
57.9
68.4
68.5
68.2
945
942
954
Eastern Region
57.2
56.9
57.5
55.6
55.1
56.2
64.1
64.7
63.3
945
967
866
Bihar
52.7
51.9
53.5
52.3
51.4
53.2
56.1
56.6
55.6
947
959
853
Jharkhand
54.6
54.3
54.9
53.3
52.7
54.0
59.0
59.9
58.0
950
986
843
Orissa
61.0
60.9
61.0
60.4
60.1
60.6
64.4
65.2
63.5
974
995
871
Sikkim
57.8
59.8
55.4
56.9
58.9
54.6
64.6
66.8
61.9
810
816
768
West Bangal
61.0
61.1
60.9
58.1
57.9
58.4
68.4
69.0
67.6
931
957
874
A & N Islands
64.0
65.8
61.9
62.8
64.4
60.9
66.5
68.5
63.9
796
814
761
Central Region
54.0
53.5
54.5
52.9
52.3
53.6
57.7
57.8
57.5
929
944
882
Chattisgarh
57.2
56.6
57.8
56.3
55.5
57.1
60.7
60.9
60.4
1009
1034
925
Madhya Pradesh
55.6
55.2
56.0
54.2
53.7
54.8
59.3
59.2
59.3
933
946
899
Uttar Pradesh
52.9
52.4
53.3
52.0
51.4
52.6
56.3
56.5
56.2
913
926
871
Uttarkhand
56.8
55.9
57.7
55.3
53.7
56.9
61.1
61.5
60.5
995
1065
831
Western Region
61.7
61.2
62.2
59.9
58.8
60.9
64.4
64.5
64.2
937
988
871
Goa
69.7
69.6
69.8
70.0
69.7
70.4
69.4
69.5
69.3
965
998
932
Gujarat
61.0
60.3
61.7
59.3
58.4
60.2
63.8
63.3
64.3
942
975
894
Maharashtra
62.0
61.6
62.4
60.1
58.9
61.2
64.6
65.0
64.1
935
998
861
Dadra Nagar & Haveli
59.8
62.6
56.4
57.8
60.2
55.0
66.5
69.9
61.7
732
778
611
Daman & Diu
67.2
70.5
62.6
67.6
72.6
59.1
66.5
65.8
67.2
630
476
1004
Southern Region
64.4
63.7
65.2
63.5
62.5
64.5
66.2
65.8
66.6
1012
1026
986
Andhra Pradesh
62.2
61.5
62.9
61.7
60.8
62.6
63.4
63.2
63.5
1000
1012
970
Karnataka
62.3
61.8
62.7
61.1
60.4
61.8
64.6
64.6
64.6
978
999
941
Kerala
68.5
67.0
69.9
68.0
66.5
69.4
69.9
68.5
71.3
1104
1105
1101
Tamil Nadu
66.9
66.2
67.5
65.8
64.9
66.7
68.2
67.9
68.6
1007
1019
992
Lakshadweep
59.6
59.4
59.7
57.9
58.3
57.6
61.6
60.8
62.5
953
947
960
Pondicherry
67.3
66.7
68.0
65.4
64.9
66.0
68.3
67.6
68.9
1020
1006
1027
Source: Report and Tables on Age , Census of India 2001