India Has Lots of Single Women, But Good Luck Finding Them on Tinder

Online dating apps try to woo female users in one of the world’s largest untapped markets; ‘not for average-looking guys’

Georgia Wells in San Francisco and

Eric Bellman in New Delhi

June 24, 2018 3:47 p.m. ET

NEW DELHI—Indian men are flocking to Tinder. Now the swipe-based dating app just needs to woo women.

Tinder’s parent company, Match Group Inc., 2½ years ago opened an office in India, considered one of the last large untapped markets for online dating.

Yet like a handful of local dating apps in this traditionally conservative country, Tinder’s...