The number of girls born per 1,000 boys has increased to 953 in the city, data from the Health department released on Friday showed. Last year, Gurugrams sex ratio at birth (SRB) was 908. It was 910 in 2019 and 921 in 2020.
Haryana, too, has witnessed a marginal improvement its SRB, which was at 914 last year, is now 921. According to the 2011 Census, the state had the worst gender ratio in the country, at 834. The national Average at that time was 919.
Figures have been piting to a consistent improvement in SRB in the state after the Beti Bachao,Beti Padhao scheme was launched in 2015. That year, the SRB was 876, which rose to 900 in 2016, followed by 914 in 2017. It remained the same in 2018 and improved to 923 in 2019 and 922 the next year.
However, the SRB has fallen in 12 districts. These include Rohtak, which dipped to 944 this year from 945 and Panchkula, from 930 to 893. Districts at the bottom areMahendergarh(844), Rewari (856), Jhajjar (874), Faridabad (874),Karnal(891), Yamunanagar (903), Hisar (909), and Kurukshetra (912).