As
per the Census, 2011 the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has shown a decline from
927 females per thousand males in 2001 to 919 females per thousand males in
2011. State/UTs-wise details are given in table below:-
Child
Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)
|
S.
No.
|
State/UTs
|
Child Sex Ratio (0-6)
|
|
|
|
2001
|
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 of India 2011.
Some
of the reasons for neglect of girl child and low child sex ratio are son
preference and the belief that it is only the son who can perform the last
rites, that lineage and inheritance runs through the male line, sons will look
after parents in old age, men are the bread winners etc. Exorbitant dowry
demand is another reason for female foeticide/infanticide. Small family norm
coupled with easy availability of sex determination tests may be a catalyst in
the declining child sex ratio, further facilitated by easy availability of
Pre-conception sex selection facilities.
This
was stated by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family
Welfare in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.
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