Missing Female Child in Haryana: An Spatio-Temporal Analysis

By : Suman Chauhan , Sunil Kumar

Page No: 333-342

Abstract
India is one of the few regions in the world where males are more than females. As per Census 2011, the developed states and union territories of India, particularly the north-western part, such as Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi now have fewer than 900 girls per 1,000 boys out of the total population (2,53,53,081) of Haryana. The population in 0-6 years age group was 32,97,724 children and the sex ratio of this age group was 830 female children per 1000 male children, which was the lowest amongst all states of India. Moreover this low sex ratio is also exhibited in Haryana with regard to cultural and demographical characteristics such as higher fertility, higher mortality, more masculine sex ratio and low status of women. Areas with highly pronounced symptoms of female child deficit are identified as hot spots. The present research work examines the child sex ratio (CSR) (from birth to 6 years of age) in order to find out the missing female child in Haryana. The study investigates the female deficit epicenters (0-6 years) in Haryana. The secondary data have been collected from the census of India. The analysis has been made from simple statistical techniques, such as standard deviation and Karl Pearson correlation methods. Further the results were shown with the help of graphs and maps. The female deficit epicenters in the study region have been marked by contours on the map as suggested by Agnihotri, 2003. Further we have also traced the CSR’s behavior across two census i.e. 2001 and 2011.

Authors :
Suman Chauhan : Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119
Sunil Kumar : Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2018.38.02.10