Spatio – Temporal Change in Literacy and Sex Ratio in Haryana (2001 – 2011)

Literacy and sex ratio are two important features of demography. The social and econoic development partially depends upon the level of literacy. It is assumed that literacy plays an important role for the betterment of sex ratio. Sex ratio is represented as females per thousend males. According to census of India; Average sex ratio in India was 933 in 2001 and showed a positive change in 2011 and sex ratio reached upto 940 females per thousand males. Haryana has a low sex ratio, trends show that sex ratio was 861 in 2001 and tends upwards to 879 in 2011. But still it is below the national average. Literacy being antother important aspect of demography, deals with the ability to read and write any language. This paper focuses on the correlation of literacy and sex ratio on tahsil level in Haryana. During 2001 there was a low and positive correlation between both but it became negative moderate correlation in 2011. Which shows that in Haryana both are inversely correlated.