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What are the social benefits of ITDP in the Bharmaur tribal region?

Some of the social benefits of ITDP in the Bharmaur tribal region are mentioned as follows:

• Marked increase in literacy rate in this region. The female literacy rate was seen to rise from 1.88 percent in 1971 to 65 percent in 2011.


• Increase in the sex ratio in this area. Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females present in a particular region.


• Decline in child marriage.


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