A geographical study of spatio-temporal variation in sex - ratio of drought- prone tahsils in jalgaon district (Maharashtra)

Sex ratio is the one of the good indicator or a way to know the women status in the society and even socio-economic conditions of a region. If sex ratio of an area is under stood then we can easily plan and comprehend demographic dynamism in terms of mortality, migration, economic characteristics, marital status etc. Sex ratio is a term used to define number of females per 1000 males. In this paper the present study reveals the tahsil wise sex ratio in the study region during 1901-2011. It has studied on the basis census of 1901-2011.The present paper deals with trend in sex ratio as well as sex differential in decadal viz 1901 to 2011. The sex ratio has large variation from one tahsil to another tahsil in the study region. The study region has overall sex ratio of 932 females per 1000 males. It has increased from 932 to 936 during last decade. Sex ratio in the study area has declined over the period 1901-2001 from 968 to 932. To explain the consistently decreasing trend of sex ratio, some of the common reasons put forward are son preference, neglect of girl child resulting in higher mortality at younger age. Tables, graphs and maps are used to explain the change in sex ratio over the period in the study region.