INDIA'S TROUBLING CHILD SEX RATIO: A 2011 SNAPSHOT

In , the year 2011 , the census year of 2011, India painted a deeply disturbing picture. The child sex ratio revealed a stark imbalance, with significantly fewer girls compared to boys. This phenomenon has long been a grave issue, and the 2011 data underscored its severity. The census figures indicated a ratio of 914 girls per 1,000 boys, a far cr