The story of national shame continues for the second decade in a row for Haryana. Provisional census figures for 2011 show that two districts of the state - Jhajjar and Mahendergarh - have the lowest child sex ratio in the country.

In Haryana, there are 18.02 lakh boys between 0 and 6 years of age.

It is Allahabad -superstar Amitabh Bachchan's hometown -and not Lucknow which is the most populous district in Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi: The skewed sex ratio, as revealed in Census 2011, shows that campaigns by the government have not been very effective in curbing female foeticide. There has been a marginal increase in the female population from the last census; but Delhi

New Delhi: With the nuclear family becoming the norm in the capital and both men and women out to earn a living, many couples prefer a single child or at the most two. Census 2011 reveals that a major reason for the gradual stabilization of population growth in Delhi is a fall in fertility

New Delhi: With the child sex ratio dipping in Southwest district from an already poor figure of 846 females per 1000 males in 2001 to 836 females per 1000 males in Census 2011, the capital has a serious problem. The provisional data of Census 2011 shows a substantial fall in the sex ratio in New Delhi, South and North districts as well.

Kaithal/Karnal: Haryana is known to have a bias against the girl child and the provisional Census figures released last week confirmed the gloomy trend.

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Bihar has achieved a spectacular rise of female literacy by 107.15 per cent, ranking only next to Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the country.

JAIPUR: After making it to the hall of shame with one of the lowest child sex ratio in the country, the Census data for the district and sub-districts is likely to be disclosed on Monday.

These figures while presenting a nuanced picture of the state will also help in identifying the problem regions.

According to Census 2011, in Rajasthan, the population of children between 0 to 6 years stand