Delhi Sex Ratio Alarmingly Low at 896: Report

• The national capital continues to languish among the worst in terms of sex ratio in the country with 896 females to 1,000 males as per the Delhi government’s annual birth and death registration report, a negligible improvement from last year’s 895.
• Both 2011 census, which says the capital has 866 females per 1,000 males, and countrywide data of Civil Registration System, place Delhi among the worst performing states and Union territories in terms of sex ratio.