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