census

Govt explores delinking women’s quota from Census, delimitation; considers lottery system for 2027 polls

March 11, 2026 4:43 am

Government wants to amend Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam during ongoing Budget Session; Kiren Rijiju has twice spoken to Mallikarjun Kharge on the issue, say sources

We speak in many tongues. That is not something that should scare us

March 04, 2026 6:18 am

It is surprising that we do not know the precise composition of Indian society. Equally surprising is that we don’t have an accurate list of languages spoken in India and their scripts

Census vs voter roll revision? Maharashtra may ask EC to postpone SIR in April

February 21, 2026 1:36 am

School exams go on till April and teachers will be busy with Census work too, say sources in CEO office

Census 2027: 40,000 Delhi govt staffers set to be trained as houselisting exercise begins in April

February 18, 2026 1:08 am

The training of the master trainers has been completed. “Now, they will train officials in each revenue district in batches, before the census survey begins," the official added.

Gujarat: Census to be carried out in two phases from April

February 15, 2026 9:10 am

From April to September, Census officials will carry out the household listing and housing census which will be followed by the population census beginning February next year

Census 2026 goes digital : 32 lakh enumerators get 5-Tier app training from April 1

February 03, 2026 9:23 am

Registrar General and Census Commissioner’s circular, issued on January 30 from the Training Division, spells out the blueprint weeks before states and UTs kick off their house-mapping sprint, to be conducted over a 30-day period, between April and September.

'Agree in principle': Supreme Court on concerns over self-declaration for census caste enumeration

February 03, 2026 5:08 am

The petitioner raised a concern before the Supreme Court that without a "verifiable material" requirement, the census data could be compromised by "hazardous" inaccuracies.

Budget allocation: With increase of 5.69%, MHA outlay sees big jump as focus shifts to Census, IB

February 02, 2026 5:08 am

The Intelligence Bureau’s funding soared by nearly 70% to Rs 6,782 crore

16 languages, 1 portal, 1 reference ID: How Census 2027 self-enumeration will work

January 28, 2026 4:46 am

The self-enumeration facility will be available 15 days before the start of house listing operations in a state or Union Territory.

Coming this year: Houselisting Census, and the questions you will be asked on Internet use, cooking fuel

January 24, 2026 12:15 am

Slated to be carried out between between April 1 and September 30, 2026, across all States and Union Territories, this phase will map every structure and household in the country and generate the frame on which the entire Census rests.

Languages of India: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:23 pm

News in Numbers on the languages census of India

Making Sense Of The Religious Communities Data (Census 2011)

August 28, 2015 2:03 pm