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    Census News

    Population census begins January 25, barring poll-bound states and snow-covered regions

    The Centre has notified 40 questions, including one to choose from the “Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Caste.”
    India News
    Updated 12 days ago

    Parliamentary panel seeks gender-inclusive urban criteria

    Under the existing Census criteria, a settlement is classified as a Census Town if it has a population of at least 5,000, a density of at least 400 people per square kilometre, and at least 75% of its male main working population engaged in non-agricultural activities.
    India News
    Published 20 days ago

    Delhi census: Second phase of self-enumeration likely to begin Jan 10

    The census is being carried out in two phases­­ – house-listing, which has already been done, and population enumeration, which started for snow-clad areas of Himalayan states after online self-enumeration closed on August 31. (Representative photo)
    Cities
    Updated 20 days ago

    Private teachers can be roped in for Census as Centre amends rules

    The Census will collect demographic, socio-cultural and economic data, along with information on migration and fertility from households.
    India News
    Updated 26 days ago

    HC stays Haryana move to deploy private school teachers for census duty

    The court deferred the hearing to April 29, 2027, and sought a response from the Haryana government while staying its communications dated September 1 and 7 regarding private unaided schools.
    Cities
    Updated 32 days ago

    'UP will be divided into four parts': Minister Rajbhar's big claim reignites row

    OP Rajbhar (in picture) said that the state will be divided into four parts and a Rajbhar's son will become the chief minister when the Purvanchal state is formed.
    India News
    Updated 50 days ago

    Centre develops framework to train Census enumerators on ‘sensitive’ questions

    The census will ask 40 questions to every household, 11 more than in 2011.
    India News
    Published 60 days ago

    Census to begin early in 4 poll-bound states: Centre sets December 1 date

    The advance means the first caste enumeration in independent India will likely be held weeks prior to people in these four states casting their vote.
    India News
    Updated 67 days ago

    Enumeration for Census begins in snow-clad areas

    Chief Principal Census Officer of Ladakh and Jammu Kashmir Amit Sharma interacts during the Inauguration of Census 2027 Phase-II population enumeration begins across snowbound areas.
    India News
    Updated 71 days ago

    Manipur: Anti-Census protests continue amid demand for formal deferment order

    A rally demanding NRC updation before the Census 2027. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 72 days ago

    Govt defers Census 2027 in Manipur amid protests, demand for NRC

    Imphal: Women take part in protest rally 'Meira Rally' as they hold flame torches demanding updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before the Census in Manipur, at Khurai area, in Imphal on Aug. 21 (PTI FILE)
    India News
    Updated 72 days ago

    Three thresholds for census data collection

    The census is a vital tool for policy formulation and planning. Without good quality aggregate data, governments and administrative agencies often end up working blind.
    Opinion
    Published 77 days ago

    Kharge, Rahul urge PM to amend caste format in census form

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    India News
    Published 78 days ago

    ‘Misleading questions’: Kharge, Rahul write to PM Modi over caste census

    Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
    India News
    Updated 79 days ago

    Kuki-Zo Council opposes NRC before Census in Manipur calls demand ‘premature’

    The Kuki-Zo Council has opposed demands for NRC before the Census in Manipur, calling the move “premature and unjustified” and backing Census 2027. (ANI)
    India News
    Updated 80 days ago

    Manipur schools, colleges shut amid tensions over demands for NRC before Census

    There has been growing opposition to Census-related activities in the state. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 84 days ago

    Protest over census escalates in Manipur amid call to boycott govt institutions

    Market places, educational institutions, and public transport were also affected. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 85 days ago

    Terms of Trade | Social justice as garrison and vanguard

    Teams of census officials doing door-to-door house listing and housing surveys under the Census 2027 at Sector 19 in Noida
    Editors Pick
    Updated 85 days ago

    Population count begins today; caste query added for 1st time since Independence

    Officials involved in the Census 2027 exercise interact with residents during a door-to-door awareness campaign on self-enumeration, at Suri, in Birbhum district, West Bengal.
    India News
    Updated 87 days ago

    Caste, Aadhaar, mobile no, Covid vaccine status: What’s new in Census 2027

    The Census offers the option of self-enumeration: residents can log onto a website, answer the notified questions themselves and generate a code, which can then be handed to the enumerator.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 90 days ago

    Caste among 40 questions notified for the second phase of the Census 2027

    Caste is being enumerated for the first time since independence.
    India News
    Published 90 days ago

    Caste, Covid vaccination: Centre notifies 40 questions for Census Phase 2

    Data collection for the Census-2027 underway in Ranchi on Saturday.
    India News
    Updated 90 days ago

    From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters

    From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters
    World News
    Published 101 days ago

    Lucknow's population nears 60 lakh ahead of Census 2027, up by 15 lakh from 2011

    Compared to the 2011 Census, the district has recorded an increase of nearly 15 lakh people.
    Cities
    Updated 145 days ago

    Which US states may lose white-majority populations by 2050? New census data

    The estimates indicate that the overall white population share in the United States could decline from nearly 80% in 1980 to 47% by 2050.
    World News
    Published 169 days ago

    Why does Andhra's Naidu govt want couples to have 3-4 kids? Two reasons, decoded

    Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu at the state secretariat in Amaravati.
    India News
    Updated 179 days ago

    ID for every household: Fully digital Census rolls out in city

    MLA Amin Patel has self-enumerated for the Census.
    Cities
    Published 192 days ago

    Census begins in Rajasthan; residents urged to complete self-enumeration online

    The process for "Census 2027" was formally launched in the state by Governor Haribhau Bagde at Lok Bhavan. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)
    India News
    Updated 195 days ago

    Digital population count: Self-enumeration for Census to begin in Maharashtra from May 1

    Digital population count: Self-enumeration for Census to begin in Maharashtra from May 1
    Cities
    Published 196 days ago

    RGI orders village-wise mapping of vulnerable areas to ensure fair Census

    RGI orders village-wise mapping of vulnerable areas to ensure fair Census
    India News
    Published 202 days ago
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