Sex Ratio at Birth

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Posted On: 16 MAR 2022 4:51PM by PIB Delhi

Sample survey of births and deaths known as Sample Registration System (SRS) is being carried out on a continuous basis by the Office of the Registrar General, India in randomly selected villages and urban blocks spread throughout the country. The main objective of the survey is to provide annual reliable estimates of infant mortality, birth and death rates at the state and national levels. The Sex ratio at birth is defined as the number of female births per 1000 male birth. The estimates of Sex ratio at birth under SRS are derived by pooling the data for three years on a moving average basis. The data on Sex ratio at birth (female per 1000 male) in urban regions, India and bigger States/UTs, 2013-15 to 2017-19 is at Annexure-I

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme aims to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum. The objectives of the scheme are, to prevent gender-biased sex selective elimination, to ensure survival and development of the girl child and to ensure education and participation of the girl child. The scheme has been expanded to cover all the districts of the country through multi-sectoral interventions.

As per the latest 5^th report of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019-21) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the sex ratio of total population (females per 1000 males) is 1020 for the country as a whole, with sex ratio rural at 1037 and sex ratio urban at 985.

The Government of India has enacted comprehensive legislation, the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (PC&PNDT) Act in 1994, for the prohibition of sex selection, before and after conception and for regulation of prenatal diagnostic techniques.

Annexure-I

Sex ratio at birth (female per 1000 male) by residence, India and bigger States/UTs, 2013-15 to 2017-19

India and bigger States/Uts	Total					Rural					Urban
India and bigger States/Uts	2013-15	2014-16	2015-17	2016-18	2017-19	2012-14	2013-15	2014-16	2015-17	2017-19	2012-14	2013-15	2014-16	2015-17	2017-19
India	900	898	896	899	904	903	902	898	900	904	890	888	890	897	906
Andhra Pradesh	918	913	916	920	931	933	923	928	930	938	885	888	885	898	917
Assam	900	896	915	925	928	902	898	918	927	929	876	880	891	905	918
Bihar	916	908	900	895	894	921	912	904	896	893	870	871	865	883	902
Chhattisgarh	961	963	961	958	956	987	995	985	976	972	839	833	862	881	891
Delhi	869	857	850	844	865	909	917	926	960	953	866	856	848	841	862
Gujarat	854	848	855	866	870	871	867	865	866	863	826	820	838	865	881
Haryana	831	832	833	843	865	836	835	828	840	862	821	824	844	847	871
Himachal Pradesh	924	917	918	930	949	929	921	920	932	951	844	852	878	891	902
Jammu & Kashmir	899	906	917	927	918	895	903	919	930	920	915	919	910	917	915
Jharkhand	902	918	916	923	916	914	927	927	932	920	852	882	876	888	902
Karnataka	939	935	929	924	915	967	965	958	949	941	887	883	879	881	873
Kerala	967	959	948	957	968	978	972	965	967	980	950	946	931	947	955
Madhya Pradesh	919	922	916	925	927	911	913	908	914	915	954	957	950	968	973
Maharashtra	878	876	881	880	881	871	872	886	878	884	890	882	875	881	877
Odisha	950	948	938	933	931	961	959	946	940	935	869	871	881	891	907
Punjab	889	893	886	890	891	869	876	874	878	874	924	921	905	908	918
Rajasthan	861	857	856	871	879	867	862	858	874	882	840	838	851	860	869
Tamil Nadu	911	915	907	908	915	920	926	919	913	913	901	903	896	903	918
Telangana	*	901	897	901	899	*	940	922	918	912	*	841	859	875	879
Uttar Pradesh	879	882	878	880	894	869	871	862	865	881	923	923	938	934	943
Uttarakhand	844	850	841	840	848	850	857	849	851	862	828	832	816	810	812
West Bengal	951	937	939	941	944	953	938	943	947	948	944	932	925	923	928