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Sex Ratio in India
Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. Sex ratio is a valuable source for finding the population of women in India and what is the ratio of women to that of men in India.
Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. Sex ratio is a valuable source for finding the population of women in India and what is the ratio of women to that of men in India. In the Population Census of 2011 it was revealed that the population ratio in India 2011 is 940 females per 1000 of males. The Sex Ratio 2011 shows an upward trend from the Census 2001 data.
Census 2001 revealed that there were 933 females to that of 1000 males. Since decades India has seen a decrease in the sex ratio, but since the last two of the decades there has been in slight increase in the sex ratio. In the last five decades the sex ratio has been moving around 930 of females to that of 1000 of males.
The major cause of the decrease of the female birth ratio in India is considered to be the violent treatments meted out to the girl child at the time of the birth. The Sex Ratio in India was almost normal during the phase of the years of independence, but thereafter it started showing gradual signs of decrease.
Despite commendable signs of improvement in the past 10 years, there are still some states where the sex ratio is still low. One of the States which is showing a decreasing trend in the population of women 2011 and is a cause of concern is Haryana. It has the lowest rate of sex ratio in India and the figure shows a number of 877 of females to that of 1000 of males. There are also states such as Puducherry and Kerala where the number of women is more than the number of men.
Kerala houses a number of 1084 females to that of 1000 males. While Puducherry and Kerala are the only two states where the number of female is more than the number of men, there are also states in India like that of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra where the sex ratio 2011 is showing considerable signs of improvement. The main cause of the decline of the sex ration in India is due to the biased attitude which is meted out to the women. The main cause of this gender bias is inadequate education.
