Mean Age at Marriage (in years)

Year	Female
1	2
1951	15.4
1961	16.1
1971	17.1
1981	17.9
1992*	19.5
1993*	19.6
1994*	19.4
1995*	19.4
1996*	19.4
1997*	19.5
1998	19.5
1999	19.6
2000	19.8
2001	19.9
2002	20.0
2003	20.1
2005	20.2
2006	20.5
2007	20.6
2008	20.7
2009	20.7
2010	21.0
Sources:
1. Population of India : ESCAP Country Monograph No. 10 and Female Age at Marriage; Census of India : Occasional Paper No. 7 of 1988,  Office of the Registrar General, India.
2. Sample Registration System, Office of the Registrar General, India .
Note: Figures for 1951, 1961, 1971 and 1981  are singulate mean age at marriage   based on  population census data. 1992 onwards figures are the mean age at effective marriage  based on  Sample Registration System.
*Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.