Aid workers say the practice of female feticide has flourished among several communities across the country because of a traditional preference for sons, who are seen as old-age security。

"We are already seeing the terrible impacts of falling numbers of females in some communities," says Bhagyashri Dengle, executive director of children's charity Plan India。

"We have to take this as a warning sign and we have to do something about it or we'll have a situation where women will constantly be at risk of kidnap, rape and much, much worse."

According to India's 2011 census, there are only 858 women to every 1,000 men in Baghpat district, compared to the national sex ratio of 940.

Child sex ratios in Baghpat are even more skewed and on the decline with 837 girls in 2011 compared to 850 in 2001.

"In every village, there are at least five or six bachelors who can't find a wife. In some, there are up to three or four unmarried men in one family. It's a serious problem," says Shri Chand, 75, a retired police constable。

若干年前，当年轻的穆尼嫁到印度北部这片富饶的甘蔗盛产区时，她从未想到自己的丈夫会和两个娶不到老婆的兄弟“共妻”，并生养子女。

40多岁的穆尼说：“我的丈夫和公婆逼我做他们兄弟三人的老婆。”当时她穿着黄色的沙丽，坐在印度北方邦巴格帕特区一个村落的活动中心。

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