Sex Ratio : Geography

The term, “Sex Ratio” refers to the sex distribution of a population which is typically used as an indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time.

It measures the number of males for every 1000 females within a population. It is one of the important social indicators used to measure the extent of gender inequality between men and women/girls/women at a given time.

As per Census 2011, the Gender ratio of India is 943 females per 1000 males. There are 949 females to 1000 men in rural areas, while in an urban area, there are 929 females to 1000 males.

Rural India has 21,813,264 more males, and urban India has 13,872,275 more males than females.