Question
Download Solution PDFAccording to census 2011, the child sex ratio was ______ females per 1000 males.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 919.
Key Points:
- The ratio of females to men in the 0–6 age group is known as the child sex ratio.
- India's child sex ratio was 927 in the census of 2001 but dropped to 919 in the census of 2011.
- According to the 2011 Census, Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio (834 per thousand men), while Arunachal Pradesh has the highest (971 females against 1000 males) among the Indian states.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands has the greatest child sex ratio of any Indian Union Territory, at 968 per 1,000 men.
Additional Information:
- The child sex ratio has decreased in India for a variety of causes.
- The society's desire for a boy child over a girl child is one of the primary causes of this threat.
- Sons will take care of parents in old age, extravagant dowry demands, men are the breadwinners, sons can administer the last rites and can take care of the parents, etc. are some other reasons.
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