Census is the basis for reviewing the country’s progress in the past decade, monitoring the on-going schemes of the government and plan for the future
Census provides detailed and authentic information on demography, economic activity, literacy and education, housing and household amenities, urbanisation, fertility and mortality, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, language, religion, migration, disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data.
Important Facts on Census
First Census: The first complete census of India was conducted in 1830 by Henry Walter in Dacca (now Dhaka). In this census the statistics of the population with ....
