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Orissa Sex Ratio
Sex
ratio of any region is generally the number of females
per thousand males in the area. Orissa had around 1086
females per 1000 males in 1921 that got reduced to 1067
during 1937. This ratio kept on getting decreased with
each passing decade making it 1053 during 1941, 1022 in
1951 and 1001 in 1961.
In the next decade that is in 1971 the numbers of their male
counterparts surpassed the number of females by reducing
their number to a mere 988 per 1000 males. This
reduction in the number of females further increased in
1981 by bringing their number to 981 during 1981 and 971
during 1991. This ratio got a bit improved at the advent
of the year 2001 wherein the number of females increased
to 972 females per 1000 males taking it even higher than
that of all India sex ratio of 933. Either at par or
even more than men in some seven districts, the females
enjoy an equal status in the status in terms of
population in Orissa. Gajapati district in the state of
Orissa has the highest sex ratio as opposed to the
district of Khurda having the lowest sex ratio. |
