The child sex ratio in Chhattisgarh has been recorded at 969 females per thousand males as per census 2011, the Central Government has informed.
Nationally, as per the Census, 2011 the child sex ratio has shown decline from 927 females per thousand males in 2001 to 918 females per thousand males in 2011.
The Central Government has enacted the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, for prohibition of sex selection before or after conception and for prevention of misuse of pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques for sex determination.