Over the last 10 years, Maharashtra has improved its literacy rate and sex ratio though the child sex ratio has taken a steep fall during the same period, pointing a finger at disappearing girls in the state.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/state-improves-literacy-rate-sex-ratio-lower-national-average
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance-and-institutions
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/education
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gadchiroli-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aurangabad-d