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and sex ratio was found in low degree and negative correlation (r = - 0.37)
which was similar with the result of the present study. However, a study
conducted in Kerala, having the highest literacy rate in India found that there
was a strong and positive correlation (r=.66) between literacy rate and sex ratio
in the state. However, a study conducted in Meghalaya, which is one of the 8
states of northeast India found that literacy rate and sex ratio was independent
of each other (r = 0.0). This meant that the change in one variable that is
literacy was not followed by changes in another variable that is sex ratio. This
showed that literacy and sex ratio was not correlated in their study.

5. Conclusion
As per census 2011, Sikkim had literacy rate of 81.42% which is higher than
the national literacy rate 74.04%. Literacy rate of East Sikkim and South district
were higher than the state literacy rate. It was 83.85% in East and 81.85% in
South district. West district had the lowest literacy rate (77.39%) in Sikkim. On
the other hand, West district having the lowest literacy rate was having the
highest average sex ratio (941 females per 1000 males) in the state. North
district was having the lowest sex ratio, but it stood third in term of the ranking
of literacy rate in 2011. East district stood in third ranked having the lowest
sex ratio in the state even though the literacy rate was highest ac compared
with other three districts of the state. In census 2011, South district stood in
second ranked in both the literacy rate and sex ratio in the state. The study
concluded that when the sex ratio was highest, the literacy was lowest, when
the literacy was highest, the sex ratio was declined. This meant that increasing
the literacy rate would not make an increase in sex ratio in the population.
Applying the Spearman’s rank correlation method, it was observed that
literacy and sex ratio were having a low degree negative correlation of each
other. In other words, an indirect relationship between literacy and sex ratio
was observed in the present study.

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