India Census

Casteist slur or routine form?: National SC panel issues notice to Punjab census director, seeks report

May 20, 2026 11:06 am

Navjot Khosa, Director of Census Operations, Punjab, said that the Census document handed over to the enumerators has been in use since 1950.

Census enumerators at your door? Here’s how to check if they’re genuine

May 16, 2026 1:12 pm

Door-to-door field operations for the House Listing and Housing Census exercise began in Maharashtra on Saturday, as part of the groundwork for Census 2027.

'Derogatory words for SC community in Census form': Punjab MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu sounds alarm, writes to PM Modi

May 06, 2026 4:34 pm

AAP MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu said he has written to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, demanding the immediate removal of the words. He has also sought action against those responsible.

Census 2027: Self-enumeration for Pimpri-Chinchwad residents begins today

May 01, 2026 11:42 am

Citizens can fill in their information online by visiting the official website between May 1 and May 15.

‘Do you count the dog?’: A day in the life of a Delhi school teacher on Census duty

April 22, 2026 2:24 pm

Lalit Lal Verma is one of the thousands of government school teachers and employees deployed across the country to conduct 'Houselisting Operations' (HLO) under the first phase of Census 2027.

Undercounting has become the norm for disabled people. Census must change that

June 12, 2025 6:06 pm

When people with disabilities are excluded or miscounted, the policies meant to support them lose credibility

‘No clarity on when Census will be held’: Sonia Gandhi says 14 crore people deprived of NFSA benefits

February 10, 2025 4:11 pm

Congress MP Sonia Gandhi said the National Food Security Act, introduced by the UPA government in 2013, was a landmark initiative aimed at ensuring nutritional security for the country's population.

UPSC Issue at a Glance | Census and Delimitation: 4 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains

April 19, 2026 4:37 pm

The government is set to conduct the much-delayed census next year. Here's everything you need to know about census and its link with delimitation.

Daily Briefing: Law Commission says keep consent age 18; Nipah's rare success story; what delayed Census means for India; and more

September 30, 2023 8:16 am

In today's edition: BJP appoints Ramesh Bidhuri in-charge of Tonk district ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections; discontent in BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit; The Vaccine War review; and more

Among new Census questions: Do you use bottled water, how many smartphones?

May 27, 2023 12:12 pm

The 2021 Census had to be put off due to the Covid pandemic, and a fresh schedule for the exercise is still to be notified.

Making Sense Of The Religious Communities Data (Census 2011)

August 28, 2015 2:03 pm