WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

BEST PERFORMING BAKSA Why it won

As per data from the National Family Health Survey 4 of 2015-16, Baksa had the highest sex ratio—1,046 females to 1,000 males— among all districts. Over 58 per cent of women in the age group of 15-49 years used at least one method of family planning in 2015-16, the eighth highest among districts