# Assam sex ratio

• The sex ratio in Assam is now skewed in favour of females, The National family health survey (NFHS) for the 2019-20 (NFHS-15) has revealed.

• The TFR of Assam has dipped from 2.2 children per woman in NFHS-4 to 1.9 in the latest survey.

• According to NFHS-5, Assam saw 1012 females born during 2019-2020 per 1000 males. The sex ratio in 2015-16 survey was 993 females per a thousand males.

• On the flip side, 31.8% woman were found to have been married before attaining adulthood. This percent was 30.8% in 2015-16.

• A multinational company has done the NFHS-5 field work for the ministry of health and family welfare conducted from june 17 to december 21, 2019. Information was gathered from 30,119 households, 34,979 women and 4973 men.

# “Dry state” Bihar

• The latest NFHS-5 report for 2019-20 which was released on saturday has revealed that still 15.5% men above 15 years of age consume alcohol in dry bihar.

• The report also said that nearly 77% women in bihar have their own bank account and over 51% of them use mobile phones.

# Rare animal in Thrissur

• Myristica swamp treefog, a rare arboreal species endemic to the western ghats that bears the scientific name Mercurana Myristica palustris, has been recorded for the first time.

• The species has been recorded for the first time in the north of the shencottah gap in the vazhachal reserve forest in Kerela’s Thrissur district.

• The exploration study lasted two years and the recording has been published in the December issue of Reptiles & Amphibians, an international journal dedicated to the studies of amphibians and reptiles.

• These frogs are rare and elusive for the reason that they are arboreal and active only for a few weeks during their breeding season.