Spatial-Temporal Change in Child Sex Ratio in Haryana: A Geographical Analysis

Analyzing the Spatial-Temporal Change in Child Sex Ratio in Haryana

Abstract

Male and female are two pillars of population structure of any society. The balance between these two is represented by a ratio i.e., called sex ratio. It is mostly expressed as the number of females per thousand of males in India. In India, child sex ratio is indicated as the number of female children per thousand male children in the age group of 0-6 yrs. So, these are having a great interest to the population geographers. This paper tries to represent the spatial and temporal changes of sex ratio as well as child sex ratio in Haryana from 1981- 2011. India is one of the countries in the world where males are higher in number as compared to females. Sex ratio in India was 941 during 1961 afterward it is found in declining trend and reached up to 940 females per thousand males during 2011. In the other hand, sex ratio and child sex ratio of Haryana are the lowest among all the states of India. Child sex ratio of India is in worst condition.It is declining continuously from 976 in 1961 to 914 in 2011.In this present paper spatial variations of sex ratio and child sex ratio in Haryana have been analyzed from 1981 to 2011.