According to 2011 census, the country's sex ratio of girls to boys at age 6 was plummeted to - 914 girls for every 1,000 boys, down from a ratio of 927 to 1,000 boys in 2001.
* Data compiled for 2008 by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) showed that there were 8,172 dowry deaths in the country, and for the same year, there were 81,344 cases of cruelty towards women by husbands and relatives. The actual numbers are probably much higher since many cases go unreported, or are reported as suicide.
* According to National Crime Records Bureau statistics, more than 53 rape cases are recorded everyday. In 2009, a total of 21,397 rape cases were reported countrywide. Given the fact, that for one reported case of rape, about 70 cases go unreported.
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