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Table 3 Sex ratio at birth by residence and mother’s educational level, 2001 Census
Births during the previous year Birth to women age 20-34 years
Region & State Total Rural Urban Illiterate
Mother's education Mother's education
Matriculation
or
higher
Total Rural Urban Illiterate
139
Matriculation
or
higher
All-India
North-West
110 110 111 109 115 107 106 108 106 109
Jammu & K 105 105 103 102 114 109 108 113 107 116
Himachal P. 118 119 117 112 127 109 109 114 105 115
Punjab 127 127 126 118 139 118 118 119 114 125
Haryana 127 127 127 120 141 116 115 117 113 122
Delhi
North-Central
117 121 117 110 125 112 114 112 109 116
Rajasthan 116 115 119 113 124 109 108 111 108 113
Uttaranchal 117 117 117 114 124 107 106 110 105 112
Uttar P. 111 111 109 110 119 107 107 110 107 111
Bihar 109 109 109 107 118 107 107 109 107 110
Jharkhand 110 110 114 109 116 104 104 107 104 107
Chhattisgarh 108 107 109 107 112 102 102 104 101 107
Madhya P.
East
111 110 113 109 116 106 106 109 105 109
Assam 106 106 102 105 106 104 104 106 104 104
North-East 103 103 101 102 101 102 103 102 103 103
West Bengal 103 103 99 102 102 104 104 105 104 104
Orissa
West
108 108 105 106 111 104 103 105 103 105
Gujarat 120 118 125 114 134 112 110 115 109 119
Maharashtra 114 115 112 110 118 108 107 108 106 111
Goa
South
109 106 112 105 109 105 104 106 105 105
Andhra P. 105 106 103 105 106 104 104 104 104 104
Karnataka 103 103 104 102 104 105 105 105 105 105
Kerala 103 103 104 102 104 104 104 104 105 104
Tamil Nadu 107 109 104 108 106 105 105 104 106 104
Source: Census of India, 2001.