Correct Option: B

According to the report, though the urban child sex ratio is far worse than that in rural areas, the fall in child sex ratio in rural areas is around four times that in urban areas. However, the decline in the child sex ratio is more gradual in urban areas. There is a decline of 8.9 million children in rural areas while urban areas have shown increase of 3.9 million children. The data shows there is an increase in the overall sex ratio in the country from 933 in 2001 to 943 in 2011. However, the improvement in the overall sex ratio is largely in urban areas. In rural areas in the country there has been an increase by only 1 point from 946 in 2001 to 947 in 2011. In urban areas there has been an appreciable gain of 26 points from 900 in 2001 to 926 in 2011. In 10 states and Union Territories, the urban sex ratio is higher than the rural sex ratio in Census 2011.