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title: "Child Sex Ratio (0-6): Definition & UPSC Notes"
description: "Child Sex Ratio counts girls per 1,000 boys aged 0-6 in India's Census; it fell to 919 in 2011, exposing sex-selective abortion the overall ratio hides."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Child Sex Ratio is the number of girls per 1,000 boys in the population aged 0 to 6 years, recorded by the Census of India.
- Why does the Census measure the 0-6 age group specifically rather than all children?
- How does the Child Sex Ratio differ from the Sex Ratio at Birth?
- What was India's Child Sex Ratio in 2011 and why was it alarming?
- Which law targets the causes of a declining Child Sex Ratio?

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The Government of India launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme from Panipat, Haryana, on 22 January 2015, targeting 100 districts where the Child Sex Ratio had fallen sharply in the 2011 Census.

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