Arunachal Pradesh Has The Best Female Sex Ratio In The Country; Manipur Fares Worst
The northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has recorded the best sex ratio in the country while Manipur has emerged the worst, according to the 2018 report on ¡°vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System¡±.
The northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has recorded the best sex ratio in the country while Manipur has emerged the worst, according to the 2018 report on ¡°vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System¡±.
Sex ratio at birth is number of females born per thousand males.
Arunachal Pradesh recorded 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed by Nagaland (965), Mizoram (964), Kerala (963), and Karnataka (957).
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Minister of State (MoS) Kiren Rijiju stated, "I'm an extremely proud man! My home State, Arunachal Pradesh is the only state in India which has more females born than males in the entire country. With 1,084 females born per 1000 males, we have shown our preference for female child and gender equality. #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao," he tweeted.
Delhi recorded a sex ratio of 929, Haryana 914 and Jammu and Kashmir 952.
Additionally, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal did not provide the data to calculate sex ratio.
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Meanwhile, the number of registered births increased to 2.33 crore in 2018 from 2.21 crore registered births the previous year. ¡°The level of registration of births has increased to 89.3 per cent in 2018 from 81.3 per cent in 2009,¡± the report added.
