Workforce Participation Rate

Year	Rural		Urban
	Female	Male	Female	Male
1	2	3	4	5
1972-73	31.8	54.5	13.4	50.1
1977-78	33.1	55.2	15.6	50.8
1983	34.0	54.7	15.1	51.2
1987-88	32.3	53.9	15.2	50.6
1993-94	32.8	55.3	15.5	52.1
1994-95a	31.7	56.0	13.6	51.9
1995-96a	29.5	55.1	12.4	52.5
1996-97a	29.1	55.0	13.1	52.1
1998a	26.3	53.9	11.4	50.9
1999-2000	29.9	53.1	13.9	51.8
2000-2001a	28.7	54.4	14.0	53.1
2001-2002a	31.4	54.6	13.9	55.3
2002a	28.1	54.6	14.0	53.4
2004-05	32.7	54.6	16.6	54.9
2005-06a	31.0	54.9	14.3	54.0
2007-08a	28.9	54.8	13.8	55.4
2009-10	26.1	54.7	13.8	54.3
Source: National Sample Survey Office.
Note :  Figures for all the years are based on usual status approach and includes principal status and subsidiary status workers of all ages.
a: Based on thin Sample.

Infant Mortality Rate

Year	Female	Male	Total
1	2	3	4
1989	90	92	91
1990	81	78	80
1991a	80	81	80
1992a	80	79	79
1993a	75	73	74
1994a	73	75	74
1995a	76	73	74
1996a	73	71	72
1997a	73	70	71
1998	73	70	72
1999	71	70	70
2000	69	67	68
2001	68	64	66
2002	65	62	63
2003	64	57	60
2004	58	58	58
2005	61	56	58
2006	59	56	57
2007	56	55	55
2008	55	52	53
2009	52	49	50
2010	49	46	47
Source: Sample Registration System (various years),Office of the Registrar General, India.
a: Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.

Sex Preference

State	Percentage of women who prefer more sons than daughters	Percentage of men who prefer more sons than daughters	Difference
1	2	3	4
Andhra Pradesh	9.3	12.0	2.7
Arunachal Pradesh	28.3	30.3	2.0
Assam	24.1	17.9	-6.2
Bihar1	39.2	38.5	-0.7
Chhatisgarh	32.8	24.8	-8.0
Delhi	11.7	11.7	0.0
Goa	8.7	11.4	2.7
Gujarat	22.7	20.0	-2.7
Haryana	22.0	18.4	-3.6
Himachal Pradesh	11.8	9.2	-2.6
Jammu & Kashmir	23.4	23.9	0.5
Jharkhand	28.1	24.6	-3.5
Karnataka	11.6	12.7	1.1
Kerala	11.0	11.8	0.8
Madhya Pradesh1	30.8	27.9	-2.9
Maharashtra	14.1	14.3	0.2
Manipur	28.5	34.7	6.2
Meghalaya	11.9	21.5	9.6
Mizoram	29.0	43.5	14.5
Nagaland	21.4	28.4	7.0
Orissa	24.2	20.3	-3.9
Punjab	17.7	13.4	-4.3
Rajasthan	34.3	24.0	-10.3
Sikkim	15.5	17.1	1.6
Tamil Nadu	5.7	7.9	2.2
Uttarakhand	20.7	13.6	-7.1
Uttar Pradesh1	33.5	27.8	-5.7
West Bengal	16.5	16.6	0.1
India	22.4	20.0	-2.4
Source: National Family Health Survey- III, 2005-06.
1: Data pertains to undivided State.

Mean Age at Marriage (in years)

Year	Female
1	2
1951	15.4
1961	16.1
1971	17.1
1981	17.9
1992*	19.5
1993*	19.6
1994*	19.4
1995*	19.4
1996*	19.4
1997*	19.5
1998	19.5
1999	19.6
2000	19.8
2001	19.9
2002	20.0
2003	20.1
2005	20.2
2006	20.5
2007	20.6
2008	20.7
2009	20.7
2010	21.0
Sources:
1. Population of India : ESCAP Country Monograph No. 10 and Female Age at Marriage; Census of India : Occasional Paper No. 7 of 1988,  Office of the Registrar General, India.
2. Sample Registration System, Office of the Registrar General, India .
Note: Figures for 1951, 1961, 1971 and 1981  are singulate mean age at marriage   based on  population census data. 1992 onwards figures are the mean age at effective marriage  based on  Sample Registration System.
*Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and General Fertility Rate (GFR)

Year	Total Fertility Rate(TFR)			General Fertility Rate(GFR)
	Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combined
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1993a	3.8	2.8	3.5	125.2	93.5	116.6
1994a	3.8	2.7	3.5	128.6	89.7	118.3
1995a	3.9	2.6	3.5	126.7	87.3	117.0
1996a	3.7	2.4	3.4	122.7	81.5	112.5
1997a	3.6	2.4	3.3	119.5	80.7	109.9
1998	3.5	2.4	3.2	115.2	79.2	106.5
1999	3.5	2.3	3.2	112.8	77.6	103.2
2000	3.5	2.3	3.2	112.7	76.5	102.8
2001	3.4	2.3	3.1	108.6	74.4	99.5
2002	3.3	2.2	3.0	106.0	72.5	97.1
2003	3.2	2.2	3.0	103.5	71.9	95.3
2005	3.2	2.1	2.9	106.2	70.9	95.8
2006	3.1	2	2.8	103.4	69.1	93.3
2007	3.0	2.0	2.7	98.6	67.3	89.5
2008	2.9	2.0	2.6	96.9	66.5	88.0
2009	2.9	2.0	2.6	94.9	65.9	86.5
2010	2.8	1.9	2.5	91.9	64.0	83.9
Source: Sample Registration System, Office of the Registrar General, India.
a: Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.

Sex-wise Population Growth

Decennial year	Average annual exponential growth rate (%)
	Female	Male	Total
1	2	3	4
1901-11	0.53	0.61	0.56
1911-21	-0.08	0.01	-0.03
1921-31	1.01	1.06	1.04
1931-41	1.30	1.36	1.33
1941-51	1.27	1.25	1.25
1951-61	1.93	1.99	1.96
1961-71	2.15	2.27	2.20
1971-81	2.23	2.18	2.22
1981-91	2.10	2.17	2.16
1991-2001	1.99	1.92	1.97
2001-11			1.64
Source: Office of the Regisrar General, India.
Note: Average annual exponential growth rates as mentioned in columns 2, 3 and 4 include the interpolated data for Assam and Jammu & Kashmir for 1981 and 1991 Censuses respectively. While 2001 population does not include population of Paomata, Mao Maran and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur, 2011 population includes the estmated population for these three sub-divisions.

Female Population, its Share in Total Population and Sex Ratio for States/Union Territories - 2011

State/Union Territory	Total population (Number)	Female population (Number)	Share of female population (%)	Sex Ratio
1	2	3	4	5
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	379944	177614	46.7	878
Andhra Pradesh	84665533	42155652	49.8	992
Arunachal Pradesh	1382611	662379	47.9	920
Assam	31169272	15214345	48.8	954
Bihar	103804637	49619290	47.8	916
Chandigarh	1054686	474404	45.0	818
Chhattisgarh	25540196	12712281	49.8	991
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	342853	149675	43.7	775
Daman & Diu	242911	92811	38.2	618
Delhi	16753235	7776825	46.4	866
Goa	1457723	717012	49.2	968
Gujarat	60383628	28901346	47.9	918
Haryana	25353081	11847951	46.7	877
Himachal Pradesh	6856509	3382617	49.3	974
Jammu & Kashmir	12548926	5883365	46.9	883
Jharkhand	32966238	16034550	48.6	947
Karnataka	61130704	30072962	49.2	968
Kerala	33387677	17366387	52.0	1084
Lakshadweep	64429	31323	48.6	946
Madhya Pradesh	72597565	34984645	48.2	930
Maharashtra	112372972	54011575	48.1	925
Manipur	2721756	1351992	49.7	987
Meghalaya	2964007	1471339	49.6	986
Mizoram	1091014	538675	49.4	975
Nagaland	1980602	954895	48.2	931
Orissa	41947358	20745680	49.5	978
Pondicherry	1244464	633979	50.9	1038
Punjab	27704236	13069417	47.2	893
Rajasthan	68621012	33000926	48.1	926
Sikkim	607688	286027	47.1	889
Tamil Nadu	72138958	35980087	49.9	995
Tripura	3671032	1799165	49.0	961
Uttar Pradesh	199581477	94985062	47.6	908
Uttaranchal	10116752	4962574	49.1	963
West Bengal	91347736	44420347	48.6	947
India	1210193422	586469174	48.5	940
Source: Office of the Registrar General, India, Census 2011.
Notes:
1: India and Manipur figures include estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maran and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.
2. The population figures are provisional.