Census Data
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Cabinet approves Rs 11,718 crore for Census 2027, two-phase rollout to begin from April 2026
India | Dec 12, 2025, 11:58 PM ISTCensus 2027: The census unfolds in two meticulously planned phases to accommodate India's vast geography. The first, House Listing and Housing Census, kicks off between April and September 2026, wrapping up in just 30 days per state for flexibility.
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Census 2027: Dry run states, new features, and story behind six-year gap
India | Nov 03, 2025, 01:48 PM ISTIndia is set to conduct its first fully digital Census in 2027 after a six-year delay. The government has announced a pre-test phase, new features like self-enumeration, geotagging of buildings, and inclusion of caste data at the national level.
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Census 2026 to begin with houselisting operations on April 1 | Check full details
India | Jun 29, 2025, 05:28 PM ISTCensus 2026: Before the operations commence, supervisors and enumerators will be appointed, and their roles and responsibilities will be assigned in close coordination with state governments and district administrations.
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Census to be held in two phases on Oct 1, 2026 and March 1, 2027: Centre issues gazette notification
India | Jun 16, 2025, 11:51 PM ISTThe Government of India has officially notified that the next Census will be conducted in 2027, with the reference date set as March 1, 2027 for most parts of the country. The notification, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, supersedes the earlier 2019 order that had laid the groundwork for the
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Census unlikely before 2024 Lok Sabha polls; All you need to know from schedule to questions
India | May 28, 2023, 05:23 PM ISTDecadal Census is unlikely to be held before the next Lok Sabha elections which are due in April-May 2024.
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Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking
World | Aug 13, 2021, 09:54 AM ISTThe U.S. Census Bureau's release Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, of detailed population and demographic changes in each state will kick off the once-a-decade redistricting process that plays a large role in determining which party controls state legislatures and the U.S. House.
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OBC quota issue: Maharashtra Assembly passes resolution to seek 2011 census data from Centre
India | Jul 05, 2021, 02:51 PM ISTThe Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to provide the 2011 census data to enable the State Backward Class Commission to prepare an empirical data of the OBC population.
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Census 2011 finalised and published, sans caste data: Govt
India | Feb 10, 2021, 02:32 PM ISTMember of Parliament (MP) Anbumani Ramadoss from Tamil Nadu asked, "Will the government release the socio-economic and caste census taken in the year 2011, if so then what are the details."
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COVID-19: Naveen Patnaik seeks postponement of Census work
India | Mar 20, 2020, 02:10 PM ISTOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday sought postponement of Census operation and related activities in the country over the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Patnaik said mobilisation for Census and updation of the National Population Register across the country would pose a great risk for field functionaries and people.
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Nearly 43 per cent of Muslims in India illiterate: Census
India | Sep 01, 2016, 10:22 AM ISTMuslims have the highest number of illiterates at nearly 43 per cent, while Jains have the highest number of literates among India's religious communities as over 86 per cent of them are educated.
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Muslim women in 20-34 age group have highest divorce rate in India: Census data
India | Aug 23, 2016, 12:36 PM ISTMuslim women in India feature among the communities with the highest rate of divorce in India, the latest set of Census 2011 data released last week have revealed.
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1 out of every 6 Indian households has at least one graduate
India | Sep 30, 2015, 03:05 PM ISTThe Registrar General & Census Commissioner recently released the Census 2011 data on Households with at least one member with Educational level matriculation and above by Household Size. The data presents some interesting insights.Households with
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RJD calls Bihar shutdown on July 27 over caste census
National | Jul 14, 2015, 07:47 PM ISTPatna: A day after leading a protest march through the state capital, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called for a Bihar bandh (shutdown) on July 27 to protest the withholding of caste-based census data
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Over 35 percent rural Indians still illiterate : SECC
India | Jul 03, 2015, 06:41 PM ISTNew Delhi : Over 35 percent of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58 percent of the unlettered, Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data released on Friday said.Rajasthan is followed
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Muslim population on a growth by 24%, lesser than the previous decade
India | Jan 22, 2015, 09:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: A census data on population of religious groups, soon to be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, shows a 24% growth in the number of Muslims between 2001 and 2011.The data which