International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 9

Changing pattern of sex ratio in Rajasthan: A geographical analysis

  • Author:
  • Imrozpreet Singh
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 672 to 682

Research Scholar, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Online published on 12 January, 2016.

Abstract

Sex ratio is one of the social indicators which show the equality between male and female. There is a continuous decline in the sex ratio of Rajasthan in past times, due to many reasons but the main reason behind this is presence of son preference over daughters. But now days are change, census of 2011 shows a marginal increase in the sex ratio of Rajasthan, which improves from 921 in 2001 to 926 in 2011. This paper is analysis status of sex ratio of Rajasthan and will discuss the changing pattern of sex ratio in among districts of Rajasthan.