Volume : 6, Issue : 2, FEB 2020

CHANGING PATTERN OF SEX RATIO IN POPULATION OF GANGANAGAR AND HANUMANGARH DISTRICT OF NORTHERN RAJASTHAN

DR. RAJENDER KUMAR

Abstract

The Sex Ratio is adverse to women in study region. Both districts recorded the lowest sex ratio 797 in 1931. Tehsils situated along Punjab and Haryana interstate border Sadulshahar (859) and Sangria (900) recorded the lowest sex ratio in 2011 census. It cannot be denied that the psyche of the people that propagates the idea of son preference is still deep rooted in our traditional society. Abuse of prenatal sex determination technology has further added an imbalance in the sex ratio. Empowerment of women can improve the decreasing sex-ratio in the study region.

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