The following data on the number of girls (to the nearest ten) per thousand boys in different sections of Indian society is given below.

 

S.No.	Section	Number of girls per thousand boys
1.	Scheduled Caste (SC)	940
2.	Scheduled Tribe (ST)	970
3.	Non SC/ST	920
4.	Backward districts	950
5.	Non-backward districts	920
6.	Rural	930
7.	Urban	910

(i) Represent the information above by a bar graph.

(ii) In the classroom discuss what conclusions can be arrived at from the graph.

Solution:

(i) The information given in the question is represented below graphically.

(ii) From the above graph, we can conclude that the maximum number of girls per thousand boys is present in the section ST. We can also observe that the backward districts and rural areas have more number of girls per thousand boys than non-backward districts and urban areas.