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Lowest sex ratio – Bihar
July 6 , 2025
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- Bihar has recorded the lowest sex ratio at birth for 2022 among all States and Union Territories.
- It reports just 891 girls born for every 1,000 boys.
- Bihar is also the only State that has seen its sex ratio at birth declining very consistently since 2020.
- In 2020, the State reported a sex ratio at birth of 964, which fell to 908 in 2021, before further dipping to 891 in 2022.
- Other States with the low sex ratios at birth in 2022 were Maharashtra (906), Telangana (907), and Gujarat (908).
- On the other hand, Nagaland had the highest figure of 1,068 and followed by Arunachal Pradesh (1,036), Ladakh (1,027), Meghalaya (972), and Kerala (971).
- Of the total registered births in 2022, 52.4% were boys while 47.6% were girls.
- While about 43% of the births were registered in the rural areas, 56.5% were registered in urban areas.
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Delhi saw a general decline in registered births, despite fluctuations.
- Of the total registered deaths in 2022, the shares of men and women were 60.4% and 39.6% respectively.
- The report showed that 59.5% of the registered deaths were in rural India, while 40.5% were in urban areas.
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