Editing Chhattisgarh (section)

=== Gender ratio ===
Chhattisgarh has a high female-male [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] (991)<ref>{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh, At a glance|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/Chhattishgarh/2.%20Chhattishgarh%20Figures%20at%20a%20glance.pdf|publisher=Census 2011, Ministry of Home Affair, India|access-date=22 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813034404/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/Chhattishgarh/2.%20Chhattishgarh%20Figures%20at%20a%20glance.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> ranking at the fifth position among other states of India. Although this ratio is small compared to other states, it is unique in India because Chhattisgarh is the 10th-largest state in India.

The gender ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) has been steadily declining over 20th century in Chhattisgarh. But it is conspicuous that Chhattisgarh always had a better female-to-male ratio compared with national average.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! 1901 !! 1911 !! 1921 !! 1931 !! 1941 !! 1951 !! 1961 !! 1971 !! 1981 !! 1991 !! 2001 !! 2011
|-
| India || 972 || 964 || 955 || 950 || 945 || 946 || 941 || 930 || 934 || 927 || 933 || 940
|-
| Chhattisgarh || 1046 || 1039 ||1041 || 1043 || 1032 || 1024 || 1008 || 998 || 998 || 985 || 989 || 991
|}
Rural women, although poor, are independent, better organised, and socially outspoken. According to another local custom, women can choose to terminate a marriage relationship through a custom called ''chudi pahanana'', if she desires. Most of the old temples and shrines follow [[Shaktism]] and are goddess-centric (e.g., [[Shabari]], [[Mahamaya]], [[Danteshwari Temple|Danteshwari]]) and the existence of these temples gives insight into the historical and current social fabric of this state. However, a mention of these progressive local customs in no way suggests that the ideology of female subservience does not exist in Chhattisgarh. On the contrary, male authority and dominance are seen quite clearly in social and cultural life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Social Structure in Chhattisgarh |url=http://www.korbacity.com/index.php/know-more-about-chhattisgarh/chhattisgarh-social-structure.html |access-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720005404/http://www.korbacity.com/index.php/know-more-about-chhattisgarh/chhattisgarh-social-structure.html |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref>