Question

Which of the following cities has got the highest sex ratio in India?
A)Puducherry
B)Kozhikode
C)Hubli
D)Hyderabad

Answer 1

Hint: Number of female per thousand male is refer to sex ratio. In India Kerala state have highest sex ratio. Sex ratio provides information about women condition in particular area.

Complete answer:

S.No	City	State	Sex Ratio
1	Kozhikode	Kerala	One thousand ninety three
2	Alappauzha	Kerala	One thousand seventy seventy
3	Thrissur	Kerala	One thousand seventy five
4	Kollam	Kerala	One thousand seventy five
5	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	One thousand fifty four
6	Palakkad	Kerala	One thousand fifty two
7	Imphal	Manipur.	One thousand fifty two
8	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh	One thousand forty eight
9	Puducherry	Puducherry	One thousand forty six
10	Nagercoli	Tamil Nadu	One thousand forty five

In 2011 census the sex ratio of Puducherry was one thousand thirty one, Hubli was nine hundred eight nine and Hyderabad was nine hundred fourty five.
From the above data Kozhikode is the city, which got highest sex ratio.

Sex ratio is also refer to male population divide by female population and multiply by thousand
According to 2011 census sex ratio in Kozhikode was one thousand ninety three. This sex ratio shows that female number is good in Kozhikode city compare to other cities.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)

Note: We are all familiar with women's condition in India. The sex ratio is slightly bent towards male sex. From 1951 to 2011 census India sex ratio has always remains adverse for women. This shows gender imbalance. In the last census of India the sex ratio was 909 females per 1000 of males.