Census 2027: India begins counting a billion-plus people in mega exercise
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“Billion-plus people, three million officials, 33 questions - India begins huge census”
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“India's 16th census - the eighth since independence in 1947”
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“With more than 1.4 billion people, India overtook China in 2023, according to the United Nations Population Fund”
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“Yet, falling fertility and a median age of 28 mean it remains one of the world's youngest countries, with nearly 70% of its population of working age”
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“The last census was held in 2011, with the 2021 round delayed by the pandemic and later pushed back further due to administrative and electoral scheduling”
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“The exercise will span 36 states and federally-administered territories, more than 7,000 sub-districts, over 9,700 towns and nearly 640,000 villages”
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“For the first time, the census will be conducted digitally, with enumerators using mobile apps to collect and upload data”
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“The initial rollout will begin in selected regions, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Mizoram and Odisha”
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“From its origins as a rudimentary headcount under colonial rule, India's census questionnaire has steadily expanded in scope”
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“The first attempt in 1872 contained 17 questions and was essentially a house register - recording who lived where, along with basic markers such as age, religion, caste and occupation”
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“By 1881, when the first synchronous nationwide census was conducted, the template had stabilised around identity (name, gender, marital status), social markers (caste, religion, language) and rudimentary education and disability categories”
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“The 1901 census included English proficiency as one of 16 questions”
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“The 1941 census moved from 'who you are' to also 'how you live' with questions on fertility, employment status, economic dependency, migration and job search”
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“The 2001 and 2011 censuses tracked the modernising economy: commuting patterns, marginal versus main work, education attendance and increasingly detailed disability and fertility data”
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“In the latest census, a couple in a live-in relationship can be recorded as married if they consider their 'relationship as a stable union'”
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“India has been making policy without a recent population baseline and has relied on sample surveys”
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“The census is essential to update the basic map of India, including definitions of rural, urban, and peri-urban areas”
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“Many areas' classifications still rely on 2011 data despite significant changes over 15 years”
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