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What is the average child sex ratio in India?


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The sex ratio is determined after taking a survey of the population. It is the ratio of males to females per 1000 population.

What is sex ratio?

Sex ratio can be defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. In simpler words, it is the proportion of males in a population. According to Fisher’s principle, this ratio is 1:1 for most sexually reproducing species. The human sex ratio is, generally studied more than the ratio for any other species. It plays a tremendous role in the studies of anthropology and demography.

Sex ratio at different intervals of time

  • The sex ratio at birth for the world is 107:100. This is due to the higher foetal mortality in females.
  • As per the census of 2011, the sex ratio is 943 in India. That is, there are 943 females for every 1000 males.

Child sex ratio

The sex ratio derived from the particular age group of the children.

Definition

The Child Sex Ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in the age group 0–6 years.

As per the census data in India, in 2001, the child sex ratio (0-6 years) in India was 927 girls per 1,000 boys and in 2011, it dropped to 918 girls for every 1,000 boys. As per the 2012 reports of UNICEF, India ranked 41st among 195 countries and a population census of 2011, revealed that the population ratio of India is 919 females per 1000 of males.


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