"Spatial Patterns of Sex Ratio: A Micro Level Study of Baijanth Block of District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh"
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Sex ratio is an index of the socio-economic conditions prevailing in an area and is a useful tool for regional analysis (Franklin, 1956). Sex ratios are fundamental to the geographic analysis of an area, for they are not only important features of the landscape but also influence the other demographic elements significantly and as such provide additional means and materials for analyzing regional landscape (Trewartha, 1953).The number of females per thousand males is termed as sex ratio while sex ratio at birth or child sex ratio is defined as the relative number of male and female birth (Taragaki and Lasaridi, 2009). Sex Ratio is a powerful indicator of social health of any society and is a sensitive indicator of women’s status as it conveys a great deal about the state of gender relations(Patel,2004), especially in terms of women’s health and position in society(Barakade,2012). The decline in sex ratio isof great concern as it shows that our society is still dominated by patriarchal values, beliefs and practices manifesting itself in the form of discrimination against females (Bhat and Manzoor, 2015). The declining number of females compared to the number of males in Indian population has been a cause for concern during the past three decades and it brought to attention the growing gender discrimination by analyzing the male-female sex ratio which was voiced for first time by Indian Census reports(Nath,1991). During the last 10 years there has been a sharp decline in the sex ratio in General and Child sex ratio in particular, although health and social indicators in Himachal Pradesh have climbed from below the national average to levels that approach or exceed those of Kerala (Ryhal and Poonam, 2009). A number of studies have been conducted to analyze the patterns of sex ratios of Himachal Pradesh at district and tehsil level. The present study tries to investigate, whether patterns of sex ratio at district and tehsil level replicate themselves at micro level or at village level or not? Thus the present paper tries to analyze the spatial variations in the pattern of sex ratio in C.D. block Baijnath of district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh. The prime reason behind selection of this particular C.D. Block is that when all non- tribal regions of the state are concerned Baijnath is the most under developed in terms of socio-economic infrastructural development and displays wide disparity in the geographical and climatic conditions as well. Therefore keeping in view these things the main objective of this study is: 1. To find out spatial patterns of child sex ratio and sex ratio of study area
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Mrs. Seema Choudhary And Prof. D. D. Sharma
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