Mizoram gender ratio perhaps best in country: Census report

Mizoram has a gender ratio of 975 females to every 1000 males, perhaps the best sex ratio in the country, state Home minister R. Lalzirliana said here today while releasing the provisional census report 2011 for the state.

Mizoram has a population of 10,91,014 comprising 5,52,339 males and 5,38,675 females, he said.

Decadal growth rate of the population of the state was 22.78 per cent against the decadal rate of the country which stood at 17.64% and the density of population was 52 persons per square kilometre as against 42 persons per sq. km in the 2001 Census.

Literacy percentage of Mizoram increased by 2.78% compared to 2001 census but Lakshadweep became the second most literate state, the position held by the state since 2001 and Mizoram now stood at the third position, the report said.

According to Lalhmingthanga, deputy director of the state census operations there were 3,471 people in Mizoram, who refused enrolment in the census 2011.