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  Election Commission begins delimitation exercise of assembly, parliamentary seats in Assam

  India | December 27, 2022 22:39 IST

  Assam Delimitation: Under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 1972, the last delimitation of constituencies in Assam was effected on the basis of 1971 census figures by the then Delimitation Commission in 1976, the poll panel noted.

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  Jammu & Kashmir delimitation as per 2011 Census, 7 seats to be increased

  India | July 09, 2021 14:59 IST

  The delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir will be done as per the 2011 Census.

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  Census 2011 finalised and published, sans caste data: Govt

  India | February 10, 2021 14:32 IST

  Member 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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  Hindu population decreased by 3 pc in four decades, increased in absolute terms: Govt informs Lok Sabha

  Politics | March 14, 2017 21:57 IST

  Hindu population in the country has increased in absolute terms in last four decades but its share in the total population has decreased during the period.

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  8.4 crore children in India don’t go to school, 78 lakh forced to earn livelihood: Census

  India | September 23, 2016 9:57 IST

  While Centre is introducing myriad plans and schemes to improve the literacy rate throughout the nation, the recently released Census 2011 data reveals some shocking facts about the widespread illiteracy and child labour in India.

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  Finally, Ahmadiyyas included as a ‘sect of Islam’ in Census 2011

  India | August 04, 2016 19:41 IST

  In a welcome step for the followers of ‘Ahmadiyya’ sect of Muslim community in India, they have been finally included as representing a ‘sect of Islam’ in the 2011 census.

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  Every 4th beggar in India is a Muslim: Census 2011

  India | July 29, 2016 13:45 IST

  Around 25 per cent of the beggars in India belong to the Muslim community, according to Census data released last month.

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  30 pc Indian girls married underage, reveals Census 2011 data

  India | May 28, 2016 12:17 IST

  New Delhi: Child marriage is a serious blot on our system and there has been little difference seen between communities and religions when it comes to marrying off their daughters at an early age. Data

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  Illiterate mothers have more kids than educated ones, reveals 2011 Census data

  India | May 03, 2016 13:12 IST

  There is a rapid decline in the number of children born every year to educated mothers, which is directly related to the rising education of girls, reveals a new data from the 2011 Census released

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  Muslims have largest share of young population but they die early: Census 2011

  India | January 13, 2016 12:38 IST

  New Delhi: 41 per cent of India's population is under the age of 20 with 50 per cent being between 20-59 age group and remaining 9 per cent above 60, according to the 15th National

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  Census 2011: Sikhs, Jains have worst sex ratio

  India | December 31, 2015 21:27 IST

  New Delhi: Sikhs and Jains have the worst sex ratio in the country while Christians have the best with 958 girls against 1,000 boys, as per additional census data.According to the 2011 census, there were

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  Hindu population drops by 0.7%, BJP wins Bengaluru civic polls: Top 5 News Headlines

  India | August 25, 2015 22:51 IST

  Census 2011: Hindu share drops by 0.7%, Muslim's goes up by 0.8%New Delhi: The proportion of Hindu population to total population in 2011 has declined by 0.7 percentage point (PP) while the proportion of Muslims

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  Census 2011: Hindu share drops by 0.7 pp, Muslim's goes up by 0.8 pp

  India | August 26, 2015 12:53 IST

  New Delhi: The proportion of Hindu population to total population in 2011 has declined by 0.7 percentage point (PP) while the proportion of Muslims grew by 0.8 %, according to the official data released today

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  35 per cent of urban India is BPL: Report

  India | July 17, 2015 13:29 IST

  New Delhi: If media reports are to be believed then the data from the first urban Scio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), which is to be officially released, shows that around 35 per cent of

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  After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release

  Politics | July 07, 2015 8:06 IST

  Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday also demanded that the central government should make the data of

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  Recently released Census 2011 data says 33% of women married before 18 yrs

  India | April 03, 2015 9:57 IST

  New Delhi: About one-third of all married women in the country tied the knot before they were 18 year old as per the Census 2011 data released recently.The proportion is much smaller in men, just

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  Revealed: Polygamy on the rise in India

  India | March 03, 2015 9:07 IST

  New Delhi: A recently released census data showed that there are about 6.6 million more wives than husbands, thanks to men who have migrated abroad for work leaving their wives behind. The data also stated

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  Hindu population, for the first time, drops below 80 % in India

  India | January 24, 2015 13:59 IST

  New Delhi:  The Hindu population in India has for first time dropped below 80 percent, according to 2011 religion census that is yet to be released officially.According to the data available, Hindus now constitute 78.35

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  Gujarat: 70 per cent working women are 'marginal' workers

  India | August 05, 2014 12:14 IST

  New Delhi: The Gujarat government may be busy in celebrating ‘Women's Empowerment Fortnight', but a report shows that nearly 70 per cent working women, aged between 15 to 34, are ‘marginal' workers and are not