Correlation between literacy and sex ratio in Rajasthan: A geographical analysis

  Neeraj yadav

Correlation between literacy and sex ratio in Rajasthan : A geographical analysis Neeraj yadav Research scholar Banasthali vidyapith Abstract- This paper is an attempts to analysis the correlation between literacy and sex ratio in Rajasthan. Literacy is one of the most important indicator of social development. Literacy and education is universally recognized as a major component of human development[1]. As such , certain minimum level of literacy seems to be essential for a population to a break out the vicious of poverty[1]. Literacy affected on migration and sex ratio. The knowledge of literacy and sex ratio is essential for the understanding the condition of women in society[2]. A decline sex ratio is suggestive of the neglect of girl children, sex selective abortions and traditional attributes of the society. Thus, the analysis of literacy and sex ratio is immense significant. This paper revealed that there is negative correlation between literacy and sex ratio in Rajasthan.

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Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1504191
Page Number(s) - 1108-1111
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 4 | December 2015
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Neeraj yadav,   "Correlation between literacy and sex ratio in Rajasthan: A geographical analysis", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 4, pp.1108-1111, December 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1504191.pdf