Sex ratio at birth, SRS 2021-23
India's sex ratio at birth is 917 girls per 1,000 boys for 2021-23, up from 914 the year before and 904 in 2017-19. Chhattisgarh (974) and Kerala (971) are highest, and Uttarakhand (868), Delhi (872) and Haryana (884) lowest, against a typical biological ratio of roughly 952. Rajasthan rose from 879 to 919 between 2017-19 and 2021-23 and Gujarat from 870 to 900, while West Bengal fell from 944 to 931.
Policy implication
A low ratio can come from sex-selective abortion or from girls' births going unreported, and the registration data cannot tell the two apart. State samples are small, so a few points of change between periods are within noise. Only the 22 larger states are published, and Jammu and Kashmir includes Ladakh.
A low ratio can come from sex-selective abortion or from girls' births going unreported, and the registration data cannot tell the two apart. State samples are small, so a few points of change between periods are within noise. Only the 22 larger states are published, and Jammu and Kashmir includes Ladakh.
Data vintage. The figures are for 2021-23 and have not been refreshed since this map was made.
Source: ORGI SRS Statistical Report 2023 (2021-23). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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