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Here's the data on India's 'missing baby girls' and the likely consequences

Indian Muslims also now have a sex ratio at birth (106 boys per 100 girls) that is close to the natural norm seen in India prior to the introduction of prenatal testing

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Scholars disagree on the extent to which such dire consequences will materialise

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In the past, some of India’s major religious groups varied widely in their sex ratios at birth, but today there are indications these differences are shrinking. Sikhs, who in past decades had a particularly large imbalance of baby boys to girls, now seem to be gradually moving towards the natural level, as well as converging with other groups.
 
In the 2001 Census, Sikhs had a sex ratio at birth of 130 boys per 100 girls, far exceeding that year’s national average of 110.
 
By the 2011 Census, the Sikh sex ratio at birth had narrowed to 121 boys per 100