1Contractual Whole Time Teacher, Department of Geography, Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College, Hooghly
2Contractual Whole Time Teacher, Department of Geography, Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College, Hooghly
Online published on 25 December, 2015.
The study of sex ratio is of prime importance for understanding the population structure and its peculiarities within any territorial area. It is an important tool to denote demographic characteristics of any region and also indicate the status of human development of any territory. Sex ratio is defined as the number of female per 1, 000 male population. The child sex ratio is a sensitive indicator that displays the status of girl children. It is defined as the number of females per thousand males in the age group 0–6 years in a human population. According to Census of India, the general sex ratio of India in 2001 was 933 which have experienced an upward trend up to 940 in 2011. On the contrary, the child sex ratio in the country has experienced a declining trend from 927 in 2001 to 919 in 2011. Our state West Bengal has experienced a positive increase in general sex ratio from 960 (2001) to 955 (2011) and in case of child sex ratio, West Bengal shows a declining trend. A strong spatial disparity and temporal fluctuations regarding sex ratio have observed throughout the country. This paper is an attempt to analyze the trend of general sex ratio and as well as child sex ratio in West Bengal.
population structure, demographic characteristics, human development, sex ratio, child sex ratio, temporal trend
