What is the sex ratio in Bihar as per the Census 2011 of India ?
918
Bihar’s sex ratio in the 2011 Census was 918 females per 1,000 males — option 1.
What the figure is. The sex ratio is defined in India as the number of females per thousand males. Bihar’s figure of 918 was below the all-India figure of 943, and it had risen only slightly from 919 in 2001 — in fact a marginal fall.
| Census 2011 figure for Bihar | Value |
|---|---|
| Sex ratio | 918 |
| Population | 10·41 crore, the third most populous state |
| Decadal growth 2001-11 | 25·4 per cent, the highest in India |
| Density | 1,106 per sq km, the highest of any state |
| Literacy | 61·8 per cent, the lowest in India |
| Urban population | About 11·3 per cent, the lowest in India |
Why the options are close together. 933 was the all-India sex ratio in the 2001 Census, and 916 and 922 are the kind of figures that belong to neighbouring states, so all three distractors are numbers a candidate has genuinely seen. There is no way to reason to the answer; it has to be remembered, and the safest anchor is the pair India 943, Bihar 918.
Why the ratio is low. A son preference expressed in neglect and in sex-selective practices, higher female mortality in childhood, and heavy male out-migration all bear on the figure — though migration cuts the other way, since a state losing working-age men should show a higher ratio of women, which makes Bihar’s low figure more striking.
For comparison, Kerala had the highest sex ratio at 1,084 and Haryana the lowest among the states at 879.
Hence, the answer is 918.
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