Discrimination against the Girl Child, 2001-2002

 

S.No.

 

 

India/State/UT

Sex Ratio*

2001                           0-6 Years

School Enrolment % 2001-2002 #

Provisional

Dropout Rate #

Classes I – VIII

2001 – 2002

Provisional

Classes I – V

Classes VI – VIII

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

 

India

927

94.90

104.08

85.18

58.79

67.15

49.66

54.53

51.96

58.00

 

1.

Andhra Pradesh

964

103.97

104.71

103.22

52.28

56.13

48.32

63.09

61.25

65.16

2.

Arunachal Pradesh

961

114.47

125.13

103.80

69.12

72.28

65.70

60.20

61.24

58.87

3.

Assam

964

117.43

127.18

107.42

70.63

78.73

62.27

69.21

67.54

71.27

4.

Bihar

938

80.43

99.66

60.44

40.08

39.75

19.83

75.03

71.90

80.31

5.

Chhatisgarh

975

-

-

-

 

 

 

-

-

-

6.

Delhi

865

59.40

58.84

59.97

51.85

51.69

52.02

51.00

49.62

52.44

7.

Goa

933

62.86

68.58

57.66

70.54

75.54

65.63

4.19

0.00

9.89

8.

Gujarat

878

127.49

139.82

114.46

66.02

72.75

58.75

52.08

47.10

58.02

9.

Haryana

820

78.30

77.64

79.05

62.25

65.06

59.04

17.69

13.56

22.48

10.

Himachal Pradesh

897

90.01

99.16

81.87

92.88

99.35

86.67

21.90

20.50

23.40

11.

Jammu & Kashmir

937

89.85

102.43

78.07

74.39

84.32

64.40

30.14

32.25

27.30

12.

Jharkhand

966

-

-

-

 

 

 

-

-

-

13.

Karnataka

949

112.74

116.80

108.57

73.93

77.73

70.07

50.99

50.80

51.20

14.

Kerala

963

87.87

88.41

87.31

99.05

101.43

96.58

0.00

0.00

0.00

15.

Madhya Pradesh

929

111.23

119.82

102.17

59.27

70.76

46.91

63.43

60.09

67.89

16.

Maharashtra

917

108.27

110.57

105.86

90.14

94.40

85.71

37.03

35.36

38.90

17.

Manipur

961

99.13

108.24

87.41

77.86

83.56

72.22

37.75

38.73

36.61

18.

Meghalaya

975

113.10

119.23

107.50

60.83

60.16

61.49

76.99

77.07

76.90

19.

Mizoram

971

105.96

115.15

97.25

72.41

73.59

71.24

63.97

65.16

62.66

20.

Nagaland

975

105.70

110.70

100.75

60.26

59.15

61.43

53.36

55.66

50.80

21.

Orissa

950

114.21

131.90

91.48

54.40

65.35

43.04

60.70

57.30

64.75

22.

Punjab

793

78..35

77.97

78.77

64.74

64.51

65.01

38.89

40.14

37.44

23.

Rajasthan

909

112.98

140.01

83.89

76.19

102.01

47.47

53.56

46.83

64.62

24.

Sikkim

986

133.70

138.15

129.37

73.21

69.22

77.41

53.42

58.11

47.88

25.

Tamil Nadu

939

98.42

98.56

98.28

93.29

94.30

92.23

23.97

16.05

32.41

26.

Tripura

975

101.88

111.20

93.28

67.59

72.22

62.99

69.02

68.84

69.23

27.

Uttar Pradesh

916

65.71

80.93

49.36

35.91

46.94

23.47

63.87

59.06

71.51

28.

Uttaranchal

906

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

29.

West Bengal

963

109.80

112.72

106.82

53.88

60.51

46.96

70.87

67.65

74.38

30.

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands 

965

99.24

99.39

99.07

86.77

87.83

85.62

26.98

26.97

26.99

31.

Chandigarh

845

55.29

56.13

54.35

64.91

62.16

68.18

1.37

3.37

0.00

32.

Dadra & Nagar

Haveli

973

124.37

145.61

104.89

82.03

101.03

63.03

55.41

49.39

62.68

33.

Daman & Diu

925

93.39

103.83

84.12

86.41

105.35

71.26

16.68

10.27

23.85

34.

Lakshadweep

974

100.03

107.53

92.53

97.31

105.48

88.93

23.42

22.11

24.85

35.

Pondicherry

958

77.35

85.19

70.29

89.47

95.43

83.82

1.97

1.93

2.01

 

Source :* India, Registrar General and Census Commissioner.  (2001). Provisional population Totals : Paper 1 of 2001: Census of India 2001. New Delhi.  P.92-94.

 

         :# India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education. (2001). Annual Report 2002-2003. New Delhi.