![]() But as per latest figures, the child sex ratio (by birth) has dropped 31 points - from 925 last year to 894. Mansa district is under surveillance since ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme was launched. The village, located on Punjab-Haryana border and dominated by Jatt zamindar community, is among villages with critically low child sex ratio - only 389 girls per 1,000 boys as per the latest village-wise survey of children in the 0-6 years age group. Seema, 8, is the only girl in her school. But a closer look shows the grim picture of the village’s child sex ratio. At first glance, nothing seems unusual in this classroom of the government primary school at Moda village in Punjab’s Mansa district. The boys in the classroom repeat in chorus. ![]() The Class IV girl stands next to the blackboard and recites, “P O T…pot, H O T…hot”. ![]() ![]() Seema at the primary school in Moda village on Punjab-Haryana border. ![]()
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