News of crimes against women and cases related to domestic violence keep coming before us every day. Be it village or city, no area has remained untouched by cases of violence, but when we talk about the number of such cases, the number of such cases is more among women in rural areas as compared to cities. According to the latest data of National Family Health Survey-6, women living in villages have to face more violence from their husbands than women living in cities.
This violence done by the partner is not done only on normal days. The surprising thing is that most of the women living in villages have to face this kind of physical violence from their partners even during pregnancy. Many times, some women in the age group of 18-29 years become victims of sexual violence even before the age of 18 years. However, the cases of domestic violence have seen a decline of 6.9 percent compared to previous years.
Violence increased in South India
According to NFHS-6 data, the level of partner violence against women in the states of South India is higher than the national average. Violence against women has reduced in most states after 2021, but in some places violence has increased. These include Kerala, Mizoram, Goa, Lakshadweep and Andaman-Nicobar.
The special thing is that in states like Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Dadra-Nagar Haveli, Daman-Diu and Puducherry, women in cities have to face more violence from their husbands than women in villages.
States with the most violence?
According to the National Family Health Survey, Bihar ranks first in the country with 36.1% data. Whereas in Telangana the percentage of such incidents is 30.8. Tamil Nadu is at third place with 28.5%. 28.5% violence occurs in Uttar Pradesh. The percentage figures have been revealed to be 27% in Jharkhand, 25.7% in Puducherry and 22.7% in Andhra Pradesh. These figures are above the national average.
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