India, Nov. 2 -- Women account for 61 per cent (11,917) of the 19,682 people reported missing till October 15, according to Delhi Police data.

The data also shows that the proportion of missing females remained consistently high, continuing a long-term trend of gender imbalance in the city.

It showed that men made up 39 per cent (7,765) of those missing. Among the total, 55 per cent (10,780) were traced - 61 per cent (6,541) women and 39 per cent (4,239) men, it added.

Among those missing, 25 per cent (4,854) were children and 75 per cent (14,828) were adults. Of those traced, 31 per cent (3,337) were children and 69 per cent (7,443) were adults, the data showed. The data underlined that women and girls together form the most affected ca...