The Latest Breaking News from Census

The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils and towns, among others, has been extended till December 31, ruling out the Census exercise before the 2024 General Elections. 

The article explains the draft proposal on the delimitation of the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam.

The council fears the 'undercount' could affect funding

A fiscal “doom loop.” A transit “death spiral.” The “office apocalypse.” Since the traumatic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, these pessimistic terms have been applied repeatedly to the state of our cities. Analysis of Census data from my Brookings Institution colleague William Frey found that from 2020 to 2021, during…

With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) — both major contenders from Uttar Pradesh — are planning ways to woo Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday hit out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav alleging that the plank of social justice and Caste Census was not the character of the SP, but a deception to get Other Backward Classes (OBC) votes.

Nature religions, commonly described as Paganism (or neo-Paganism), are growing in Australia. In the last Census, 33,148 people claimed affiliation with a nature religion: including Animism, Druidism, and the many traditions of Wicca, the most practised Pagan pathway.

West Africa, an area composed of 16 countries, is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. The region has a population of over 350 million, a five-fold increase since 1950 when 73 million people lived there.

Indigenous groups in the Nilgiris have raised concerns that the Census of India, which is to be undertaken soon, will not document important distinctions such as language and religion that distinguish the culture of their communities.