Geographical analysis

Abstract

Abstract The rural- urban differences in sex ratio are of tremendous importance as they reflect the general tempo of life and the nature of sex selectivity in rural-urban flows of population. As far as sex ratio of urban and rural population of India is concerned, it represents a contrastingly different pattern in comparison to the western countries. Even our state Karnataka is showing more rural –urban differentials in sex ratio. Haveri district is also showing striking differences in the sex ratio of rural and urban areas. The study of this differential is essential for understanding the employment and consumption pattern and social needs etc. of a community. Thus, the present study makes an effort to analyse the rural-urban differential in sex ratio of Haveri district in Karnataka State over time and space. The district has very low sex-ratio of 951 in the state. To analyse the spatial pattern of Rural-Urban sex ratio in Haveri district in Karnataka for two consecutive censuses of 2001 and 2011, taluks are taken as the units of analysis. The study is based entirely on secondary data taken mainly from census publications and adopts largely the choropleth technique to analyse the data. Keywords: Sex ratio, Population