India's Population by Age & Sex

Punjab and Haryana, 704 females per 1000 males

Sex ratio (the number of females per 1000 males) for India is 933 females per 1000 males. It is an improvement of 6 points over 927 earlier recorded in 1991 Census. Like the 1991 Census, the highest sex ratio (1058) has been reported in Kerala. Haryana has reported the lowest sex ratio of 861 among the major states. One of the interesting fact that has emerged, is that the sex ratio of child population in age group 0-6 is 927. The child sex ratio in 1991 was 945. The sharpest decline in sex ratio of the child population has been observed in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, uttranchal, Maharashtra and Union territory of Chandigarh.

Country	0-14 years		15-64 years		65 years and older		Total
	male	female	male	female	male	female
China	168,040,006	152,826,953	439,736,737	413,454,673	41,200,297	46,573,816	1,261,832,482
India	175,228,164	165,190,951	324,699,562	301,821,383	23,925,371	23,138,386	1,014,003,817

Sex Ratio In India in 100 years

Years	Sex Ratio
1901	972
1911	964
1921	955
1931	950
1941	945
1951	946
1961	941
1971	930
1981	934
1991	927
2001	933

India's sex ratio at brith: 976/1000 in 1961 to 927/1000 in 2001.
The availability of technology to determine the sex of the foetus and the practice of aborting a female foetus are given as the reasons for such adverse sex ratios.