The gender skew varies significantly between religious communities with the sex ratio (number of females for every 1,000 males) among Sikhs being as low as 903 and among Christians as high as 1,023, according to Census 2011 data released on Tuesday.

The good news is that compared to 2001, the sex ratio has improved in each of India's six largest religious groups, the most impressive improvement being among Muslims (from 936 to 951) and the lowest among Hindus (from 931 to 939).

A look at the state-wise data reveals however that cultural factors seem to have a much larger influence on the sex ratio than religious affiliation. Thus, even among the Christians, the sex ratio in Punjab is 913 and in Haryana 924 while being 1,051 in Kerala...................Read more

Source: The Times of India