Highlights of the Report
'Children in India 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal' *
• While an absolute increase of 181 million in the country's population has been
recorded during the decade 2001-2011, there is a reduction of 5.05 millions in the
population of children aged 0-6 years during this period. The decline in male
children is 2.06 million and in female children is 2.99 millions.
• The share of Children (0-6 years) in the total population has showed a decline of 2.8
points in 2011, compared to Census 2001 and the decline was sharper for female
children than male children in the age group 0-6 years.
• The overall sex ratio of the Country is showing a trend of improvement, whereas the
child sex ratio is showing a declining trend. During the period 1991 -2011, child sex
ratio declined from 945 to 914, whereas the overall sex ratio showed an
improvement from 927 to 940.
• As per Census 2011, the State/ UTs with alarmingly low (<900 are="are" child="child" font="font" nbsp="nbsp" ratio="ratio" sex="sex">
Haryana (830), Punjab (846), Jammu & Kashmir (859), Delhi (866), Chandigarh
(867), Rajasthan (883), Maharashtra (883), Uttrakhand (886), Gujarat (886), Uttar
Pradesh (899). The State/ UTs which are having better (> =950) child sex ratio are
Mizoram, (971), Meghalaya (970), A &N Islands (966), Puducherry (965),
Chattisgarh (964), Arunachal Pradesh (960), Kerala (959), Assam (957), Tripura
(953), West Bengal (950).
• Though, the child sex ratio in rural India is 919 which is 17 points higher than that
of urban India, the decline in Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years) during 2001-2011 in rural
areas is more than three times as compared to the drop in urban India.
• Compared to 2001, the number of districts in the lowest category of child sex ratio
(<= 850) has increased in rural areas whereas the number of districts in this category
has declined in urban areas in 2011.
• Compared to 2000-2005 period, where sex ratio dipped continuously (from 892 to
880), the period 2005-10, has showed slight improvement (from 892 to 905).
• Among the major States, as per SRS 2008-10, Sex Ratio at Birth is lowest in Punjab
(832) followed by Haryana (848) and highest in Chattisgarh (985), followed by
Kerala (966).
• Comparing the results of 2002-04 and 2008-10, Sex ratio at birth declined in Tamil
Nadu (decline of 19 points) and Orissa (decline of 6 points) whereas all the other
bigger States showed improvement during this period. 2
• The State/ UTs which have achieved 100% level of birth registration in 2007 are
Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Punjab,Tamil nadu, Chandigarh, Lakshadeep and Puducherry.
• The Sample Registration System, in 2010, estimated that, out of the total deaths
reported, 14. 5% are infant deaths (< 1 years), 3.9% are deaths of 1-4 years children,
18.4% are deaths of children of 0-4 years and 2.7% deaths pertained to children of
5-14 years.
• The percentage of infant deaths to total deaths varies substantially across the states.
From moderate level of 2.8% in Kerala, 5.0% in Tamil Nadu to as high as 21.8% in
Rajasthan , 21.2% in Uttar Pradesh, 20.4% in Madhya Pradesh with other states
figuring in between these states. The percentage of under five deaths to total deaths
ranges from 3.2% in Kerala 5.9% in Tamil Nadu to 27.6% in Uttar Pradesh, 26.6%
in Rajasthan, 26.4%in Madhya Pradesh, 26.7% in Bihar while other states figure in
between these states. .
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