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  Two lakh soldiers deployed for Pakistan's first census in 19 years

  World | March 16, 2017 0:07 IST

  Pakistan on Wednesday launched a countrywide census amid massive security for which some two lakh soldiers have been deployed.

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  6.54 cr Indians never went to school, 4.49 cr dropped out, reveals Census

  India | October 31, 2016 20:28 IST

  The recent Census data seems to have answered many questions regarding the country’s low literacy rate. As per the 2011 Census data, as many as 6.54 crore Indians in the age group of 5-19 years

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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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  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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  Mughal rule will return to India if Muslim population continues to grow: Shiv Sena

  National | August 27, 2015 19:09 IST

  Mumbai: The just-released Census figures are "disturbing" and the rise in the Muslim population is because of "politics of religion", the Shiv Sena has said.The party, a constituent of the NDA governments in Maharashtra and

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  Socio-eco census paints a grim picture of rural India

  India | July 03, 2015 18:57 IST

  New Delhi: The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 on Friday painted a grim picture of rural India, indicating that one out of three families living in villages is landless and depends on manual

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  10 facts to know about Socio Economic and Caste census 2011

  India | July 03, 2015 16:25 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today released the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) and said that it would be an important input for policy makers.The data addresses the multi-dimensionality of poverty and provides a

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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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  Child marriages in MP: Girl became a bride at 10, mother of three at 14

  India | March 24, 2015 9:44 IST

  New Delhi: From prostitution to seeing death of two of her children, she has gone through all pain.This is a story of a woman who was sold by her parents when she was barely 10,

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  Census of Eastern Swamp Deer starts in Assam's Kaziranga

  India | May 04, 2013 9:03 IST

  Guwahati, May 4: A three-day exercise has begun in Assam's Kaziranga National Park to monitor the exact number of Eastern Swamp Deer there, an official said yesterday .Park Director N.K. Vasu said that the monitoring

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  68 million Indians living in slums: census

  India | March 22, 2013 8:41 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 22 : Approximately 68 million Indians are living in slums, according to a government census.Releasing the first such census report on slum households prepared by the Registrar General of India, Union Housing

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  91 pc of Delhiites own cellphone, 88 pc have TV, census reveals

  May 07, 2012 18:29 IST

  New Delhi, May 7:  Delhi has shown a substantial improvement in overall living conditions in all socio-economic parameters since the last decade, with around 91 per cent of people having a mobile phone, 88 per

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  Expedite Socio-Economic Census To Implement Food Bill, Says Thomas

  January 29, 2012 14:08 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 29: In order to enable implementation of the proposals in the National Food Security Bill at the earliest, Food Minister K V Thomas has asked both the Rural and the Urban Poverty

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  One In Six Americans Living Below Poverty Line (Rs 10 Lakh Annual) : Census

  World | September 14, 2011 10:54 IST

  Washington, Sept 14: One in six Americans are now living below poverty line, the Census Bureau said in a report, reflecting the adverse impact of economic crisis on common man.“The nation's official poverty rate in

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  Kasab To Be Included In 2011 Census

  India | February 09, 2011 15:57 IST

  Mumbai, Feb 9: Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, awarded death penalty in the 26/11 attacks case, would be among those who would be counted in the 15th national census, as part of the population enumeration exercise.The