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Child sex ratio plunges in 431 districts, improves in 149
Subodh Varma, TNN | May 27, 2011, 03.34am IST
Is India sliding into a social catastrophe with the number of younger women set to decline in the coming years because of dipping child sex ratio? Or is there any hope of retrieving the situation? A district-by-district study of the sex ratio trends in India derived from comparing Census results from 2011 and 2001 shows that even as the barbarism of sex selective abortion continues to spread in hitherto untouched communities and regions, other parts of India are holding up a candle in the wind by reversing the trend.
But in other parts of the country the trends are grim. States like J&K and Nagaland, long seen as bastions of gender equity, have shown decline in the child sex ratio – J&K from 941 to 859, Nagaland from 964 to 944, and Manipur from 957 to 934. In the 75 districts of the country where tribals constitute 50% or more of the population, child sex ratio has declined over a decade in 52 districts. However, the sex ratios are in the healthy range of 950, above the national average of 914. These tribal districts are spread across the central India and Northeast. In the 50 districts with highest Muslim population, 39 districts show drop in sex ratio again shattering the myth that the minority community preserves its own culture and social behavior.
So, India holds its breath for what may be a crucial point in its history – will Punjab and Haryana show the way or will the present slide continue?
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