Question

What do you mean by sex ratio? Why is it important to know about it? What is meant by unfavourable sex ratio?

Answer 1

(i) Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per $1000$ males in the population.
(ii) This information is an important social indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time.
(iii) The sex ratio in the country has always remained unfavourable to females. It means that the number of females per $1000$ males has always remained low in our country. This is clear from the following table:
India: Sex Ratio $1951-2001$

Census Years	Sex Ratio (Females per $1000$ males)
$1951$	$946$
$1961$	$941$
$1971$	$930$
$1981$	$934$
$1991$	$929$
$2001$	$933$