A recent survey ranking the most dangerous countries for women has sparked a backlash in India. The country took the dubious distinction of coming in first. The Indian government rejected the findings, calling them "unscientific". CGTN correspondent Shweta Bajaj makes a reality check on how safe women are in India feel.

The headline out of the survey done by the Thomson Reuters Foundation: That India is the most dangerous place in the world for women.

The Indian government and many experts here rejected the result – because it was based on expert opinions – rather than pure data.

But what the survey did do was raise the subject once again of women's safety in India.

And even in urban India, it's not difficult to find women who say they feel threatened.

PRACHI RATHOD "I have seen people harassing girls and with myself being so young, even I travel alone in Delhi, to work and to my classes and I have myself witnessed guys misbehaving and it's depressing to see guys not respecting girls."

The last year has seen some horrific rape cases. Many of the victims, children. The report suggests that there has been an upsurge in the number of rape cases and sexual violence against children in particular.

In June, anger over the rape of a 7-year-old girl led to street protests.

The latest government data available - for 2016 - shows more than 100 rapes take place every day in India, 40 percent against minors. But official figures are just the tip of the iceberg.

SHWETA BAJAJ NEW DELHI, INDIA "If official figures were the only way you were to measure the number of rapes and sexual assault in India or to measure the state of women in India, the real picture would never be clear. Even today most rapes cases go unreported. In urban India, teasing women is now a slang leading up to a level, it's normalized. For the girls the fear is real."

CHANDRA "Do you feel sending your daughter alone?"

"I don't think so. That's why you see her, the way she is carrying bag and I was just walking in front and back, I don't think it's safety to walk alone, teenager girl like she."

APURVA CHAUDHRY "Even if something tomorrow happens with me, like a normal ass-grab, I would not go and report it. Even though that is something that should be taken seriously, somebody groping you but I would not take that because it has been normalized to a very big extent and when you have even ministers getting trolled and other female politician's comments are being passed on her body, the culture has actually become so degrading."

In India, the reality is that most women feel unsafe. Whether it's the most dangerous country may be debatable but most women, even in urban India live in fear of sexual violence.

And the women we spoke with say it's time the Indian government gives more attention to the crisis at hand – rather than the criticism over its response. Shweta Bajaj, CGTN, New Delhi, India.