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  Cabinet approves Rs 11,718 crore for Census 2027, two-phase rollout to begin from April 2026

  India | December 12, 2025 17:44 IST

  Census 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 | November 03, 2025 13:48 IST

  India 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 | June 29, 2025 17:28 IST

  Census 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 | June 16, 2025 23:51 IST

  The 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 17:23 IST

  Decadal 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 | August 13, 2021 9:54 IST

  The 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 | July 05, 2021 14:51 IST

  The 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 | 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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  COVID-19: Naveen Patnaik seeks postponement of Census work

  India | March 20, 2020 14:10 IST

  Odisha 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 | September 01, 2016 10:22 IST

  Muslims 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 | August 23, 2016 12:36 IST

  Muslim 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 | September 30, 2015 15:05 IST

  The 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

  Politics | July 14, 2015 19:47 IST

  Patna:  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 | July 03, 2015 18:41 IST

  New 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 | January 22, 2015 9:44 IST

  New 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