Trying to visualize the child sex ratio across Indian states, I created a Google Geomap: http://ashwin.zaatar.org/ChildSexRatio-IndiaCensus2011.html
It looks like you could slice a diagonal through India, with the states in red above it. ~ash > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> http://www.indiatogether.org/2011/apr/hlt-sexratio.htm >> >> The child sex ratio (ie., the number of females to every 1000 males in >> the age group 0-6 years) ranges from 830 for Haryana, to 971 for >> Mizoram. I find it instructive that the 3 states with the highest >> child sex ratios are Andaman & Nicobar, Meghalaya and Mizoram. >> >> > > > tribal states , no baggage of indian/hindu religious or cultural dogma > .... in meghalaya traditionally men pay dowry etc.... and of course no > elaborate arrangement of marriages.
