Sex Ratio issue in India | 34th Current Affairs class | IAS 2019

he Child Sex Ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in the age group 0–6 years. In the census 2001 the child sex ratio of India was 927 which declined to 919 in the census 2011. As per the census 2011, Arunachal Pradesh has the highest child sex ratio among the Indian states i.e. 972 while Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio i.e.834 per thousand males. Among the Union Territories of India; Andaman and Nicobar Islands has the highest child sex ratio i.e.968 per thousand males. Child Sex Ratio of all Indian states is given below; ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads State/UTs Child Sex Ratio (0-6) Census-2001 Census-2011 INDIA 927 919 1. Jammu & Kashmir 941 862 2. Himachal Pradesh 896 909 3. Punjab 798 846 4. Chandigarh 845 880 5. Uttarakhand 908 890 6. Haryana 819 834 7. NCT of Delhi 868 871 8. Rajasthan 909 888 9. Uttar Pradesh 916 902 10. Bihar 942 935 11. Sikkim 963 957 12. Arunachal Pradesh 964 972 13. Nagaland 964 943 14. Manipur 957 936 15. Mizoram 964 970 16. Tripura 966 957 17. Meghalaya 973 970 18. Assam 965 962 19. West Bengal 960 956 20. Jharkhand 965 948 21. Odisha 953 941 22. Chhattisgarh 975 969 23. Madhya Pradesh 932 918 24. Gujarat 883 890 25. Daman & Diu 926 904 26. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 979 926 27. Maharashtra 913 894 28. Andhra Pradesh 961 939 29. Karnataka 946 948 30. Goa 938 942 31. Lakshadweep 959 911 32. Kerala 960 964 33. Tamil Nadu 942 943 34. Puducherry 967 967 35. A. & N. Islands 957 968 Source: Census-2011 From the above table it can be concluded that the child sex ratio in India has decreased between 2001 to 2011. There are so many reasons behind the reduction in the child sex ratio in India. One of the main reasons behind this menace is the preference of the society for the male child instead of a girl. Some other reasons include; sons will look after parents in old age, exorbitant dowry demand, men are the bread earners and son can perform the last rites and look after the parents etc.