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This paper aim towards the study of interrelationship between women literacy and sex ratio of Dehradun district.This paper is an attempt to analysis the correlation between women literacy and sex ratio in district Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Dehradun district there are six blocks Chakrata, Kalsi, Vikasnagar, Sahaspur, Raipur and Doiwala. Female literacy plays a very important role in upliftment of the sex ratio (Keshwa 2013).Literacy is considered as one of the most important society aspect of any society development, especially for rural areas. Literacy is the instrument of social change. The capability of read and write indicates towards social development. It is a rital characteristics accepted world wide as it can Literacy is one of the most important indicator of social development. Literacy and education is universally recognized as a major component of human development. As such as certain minimum level of literacy seens to be the essential for a population to a break out the vicious of poverty. Literacy affected on migration and sex ratio. The knowledge of literacy and sex ratio is essential for the understanding the coordination of women in society. Pattern of female literacy rate 2011 in the district Dehradun average literacy rate is 76.41 percent. Male literacy rate is 83.73 and female literacy is 68.58 percent.. In 2011 census, Dehradun district has 76.41 of female literacy rate, which varies from highest in Raipur (80.71) percent, and lowest in Chakrata block (51.58) percent due to tribal population, and backward population. Dehradun district rank first in literacy with 85.25 percent which is higher than the state average of 80.29 percent. The sex ratio(rural), in the district comes to 921 female per 1000 male as a whole. Among the blocks highest sex ratio of 934 female is found in Raipur block and it followed by Chakrata, and Doiwala 925 while the lowest of 905 in Sahaspur block. Sex ratio of block Raipur, Chakrata,Doiwala and Kalsi are higher as compared to district average. Correlation of women literacy and sex ratio is positive r = 0.22 is the low volume of relation with literacy and sex ratio.