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Which district has the lowest sex ratio in Karnataka?


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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.

The district that has the lowest sex ratio in Karnataka

Country’s IT hub Bangalore has the lowest sex ratio. The ratio is just 908 females per 1,000 males as per Census 2011. Karnataka’s population was 6.11 crore as per the census of 2011. Bangalore has also taken its charge as the most populous district in Karnataka with the population that is short of the one crore mark by just less than five lakh.


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