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Districts ranked by child sex ratio

District level child sex ratios vary more sharply than state averages, and pick up local patterns in birth registration and early childhood care that get smoothed out once averaged across a whole state.

Districts ranked by child sex ratio according to the Census of India 2011
# District State Districts ranked by chi… Population
1 Lahul and Spiti Himachal Pradesh 1,033 31,564
2 Dakshin Bastar Dantewada Chhattisgarh 1,005 533,638
3 East Kameng Arunachal Pradesh 1,001 78,690
4 Nabarangapur Odisha 998 1,220,946
5 Bastar Chhattisgarh 994 1,413,199
6 Malkangiri Odisha 992 613,192
7 Anjaw Arunachal Pradesh 991 21,167
8 Narayanpur Chhattisgarh 989 139,820
9 East Siang Arunachal Pradesh 988 99,214
10 Tawang Arunachal Pradesh 986 49,977
11 Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh 986 1,537,133
12 Kohima Nagaland 985 267,988
13 The Nilgiris Tamil Nadu 985 735,394
14 Kurung Kumey Arunachal Pradesh 983 92,076
15 Kabeerdham Chhattisgarh 983 822,526
16 Pashchimi Singhbhum Jharkhand 983 1,502,338
17 Nuapada Odisha 981 610,382
18 Jashpur Chhattisgarh 980 851,669
19 East Garo Hills Meghalaya 980 317,917
20 Kolasib Mizoram 980 83,955
21 Changlang Arunachal Pradesh 979 148,226
22 Aizawl Mizoram 979 400,309
23 Mamit Mizoram 979 86,364
24 Koraput Odisha 979 1,379,647
25 Bijapur Chhattisgarh 978 255,230
26 Uttar Bastar Kanker Chhattisgarh 978 748,941
27 Kodagu Karnataka 978 554,519
28 Alirajpur Madhya Pradesh 978 728,999
29 Mahe Puducherry 978 41,816
30 Baudh Odisha 978 441,162
31 Papumpare Arunachal Pradesh 977 176,573
32 Kargil Jammu and Kashmir 977 140,802
33 Pathanamthitta Kerala 976 1,197,412
34 Jaintia Hills Meghalaya 976 395,124
35 West Garo Hills Meghalaya 976 643,291
36 Pakur Jharkhand 975 900,422
37 North and Middle Andaman Andaman and Nicobar Islands 974 105,597
38 South Garo Hills Meghalaya 974 142,334
39 West Kameng Arunachal Pradesh 973 83,947
40 Udalguri Assam 973 831,668
41 Dhamtari Chhattisgarh 973 799,781
42 Hassan Karnataka 973 1,776,421
43 Kollam Kerala 973 2,635,375
44 Kishanganj Bihar 971 1,690,400
45 Mahasamund Chhattisgarh 971 1,032,754
46 Kannur Kerala 971 2,523,003
47 Champhai Mizoram 971 125,745
48 Upper Subansiri Arunachal Pradesh 970 83,448
49 Lohardaga Jharkhand 970 461,790
50 Dindori Madhya Pradesh 970 704,524

Questions about this ranking

Lahul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, at 1,033 females per 1000 males aged 0-6 according to the Census of India 2011.

Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, at 1,005 females per 1000 males aged 0-6.

All figures come from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Nothing here is estimated or projected forward.

India had well over six hundred districts at the 2011 census, so a full table would be unreadable. The top 50 are listed here, and every district has its own page reachable from its state.

They describe 2011. Populations have grown since, unevenly, and many states have created new districts by splitting old ones, so a district in this table may no longer exist with the same boundary.

Union territories range from single cities to island groups, so they sit at both extremes of most of these tables. The census counts them alongside states, which is why they appear here.

Source: Census of India 2011. Figures are reproduced as published. Read more on our about the data page, and see the glossary for what these measures mean.