Task: Question Understanding
Input (English): Passage: Per 2013 census, the total population of the department was 867,463 with 431,357 males and 436,106 females. The proportion of women was 50.30 per cent. The total rural population was 75.70 percent, while the urban population was 24.30 per cent. The proportion of women in child bearing age of 15 to 49 years was 22.00 per cent. The total foreign population in the department was 28,636 which formed 3.30 per cent of the total population in the department. The proportion of assets of foreigners aged 10+ years was 27.40 per cent, while for the people aged 15-64 years, it was 26.40 per cent. The proportion of women in foreign population constituted 47.60 per cent. The number of households in the department was 108,351 and the average household size was 8. The intercensal growth rate of population was 4.60 per cent.
Question: Were there more males or females in the department?
Output (English): span