| Sex ratio it is an important indicator to measure the extent of prevailing equity
between male and female population at given point of time. Sex ratio is one of the significant
demographic development indices, which can determine the status of women in a region or
country. The present paper intends to examine the spatial patterns of sex ratio in Sangli district. It
is based on the secondary source of data mainly collected from the Census of India district
handbooks and socio-economic abstract, 2001 and 2011. Sex ratio is measured in terms of
number of females per thousand males. The tahsil wise overall sex ratio, rural-urban and 0-6 sex
ratio was computed. It is noticed that the sex ratio was 956 in 2001 which was increased in 966 in
2011. It is clearly show that the trend of child 0-6 sex ratio was increased between 2001 and 2011.
This type of study shows the overall situation of women in the society. |