The following data on the number of girls (to the nearest ten) per thousand boys in different sections of the Indian society is given below:
Section |
Number of girls per thousand boys |
Scheduled caste (SC) |
940 |
Scheduled tribe (ST) |
970 |
Non SC/ST |
920 |
Backward districts |
950 |
Non-backward districts |
920 |
Rural |
930 |
Urban |
910 |
(i) Represent the information above by a bar graph.
(ii) In the classroom discuss what conclusion can be arrived at from the graph.
(i)
(ii) The two conclusions we can arrive at from the graph are as follows:
(a) The numbers of girls to the nearest ten per thousand boys is maximum in Scheduled Tribe section of the society and minimum in Urban section of the society.
(b) The number of girls to the nearest ten per thousand boys is the same for ‘Non SC/ST’ and ‘Non-backward Districts’ sections of the society.