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Child Sex Ratio: A Geographical Comparison between Punjab and Haryana | Original Article

Shalender .*, in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education | Multidisciplinary Academic Research

ABSTRACT:

Economically prosperous states Punjab and Haryana have critical situation in term of child sex ratio. As per Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao (save the girl child and educate her) programme out of 100 genders critical districts of country twenty three districts belong to Punjab and Haryana only. In present paper an attempt have been made to compare child sex ratio and related attributes between two neighbored states (Punjab and Haryana) by using secondary data from census of India. In 1971 both Punjab and Haryana were same child sex ratio that was 898. With some improvement contrast to decline trend at national level it was recorded 846 in Punjab and 834 in Haryana in 2011. There is variation in child sex ratio at various segments of population i.e. rural-urban, religion and region in both states (Punjab and Haryana). The money spend to improve child sex ratio is more in Haryana compare to Punjab but improvement in child sex ratio is more in Punjab.