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| Article Name : | | | AN APPRAISAL OF TRIBAL AND NON-TRIBAL SEX RATIOS IN DHULE AND NANDURBAR DISTRICTS (MAHARASHTRA) | | Author Name : | | | K. C. Ramotra,Yuvraj S. Mote,S. K. Pawar | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-642 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males. It is one of the important social indices to measure the prevailing inequality between males and females and regional imbalances in the status of women. The present paper based on the 1981, 1991 and 2001 census data, intends to examine the changing sex ratio in tribal population in comparison to non-tribal population in Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra. It is found that the average sex ratio in the study area was 994 in 1981 which has increased to 995 in 1991 and 997 in 2001 | | Keywords : | | |
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