Conduct 16th population, 8th economic census jointly: MoSPIThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is integrating preliminary work for the eighth economic census with the 16t...
Centre extends tenure of Registrar General, appoints new Special Secretary for internal securityThe Central government has extended the tenure of Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan until August 4, 2026, a...
Working-age Indian population rising; expected at around 64% in next census: SBI ResearchIndia's working-age population has been rising since 1971 and is projected to reach 64.4% in the upcoming Census, according to SBI Research...
Here's why the Sikh population in Canada surged to over 7.71 lakh after 1991The Sikh population in Canada has seen a significant increase since 1991, with the most recent census data showing approximately 771,000 Si...
Lower death rate pushes elderly population growth to 13.8 cr in 2021: StudyElderly in study means all those people who are of the age of 60 years and above. "According to the Report of the Technical Group on Popula...
SC directs TNSEC to hold local body elections in 9 new districts by Sep 15The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to conduct by September 15 the local body polls in n...
Hit by Covid-19, Census-NPR may be pushed to next yearCensus 2021, as per current timelines, is to be held in two phases — Phase 1 covering houselisting and housing, to be conducted along with ...
SC directs TN govt, poll panel to conduct local bodies' poll as per 2011 censusDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), in its fresh plea, has sought quashing of the notification, issued by the state poll panel on December 7, ...
Pakistan Army to deploy 200,000 troops for censusThe population data will be used for delimitation of the constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies, a requirement under the ...
Indo-Pak tensions holding up Pakistan's 1st census in 17 years: DawnThePBS has not been able to come up with a concrete time frame for conducting the long- awaited sixth population and housing census in the ...
Educated moms have fewer kids, reveals CensusRising education of girls has resulted in an accelerating dip in the average number of children born to them after they get married, Census...
RSS publication wonders if rise in Muslim population is conspiracy to Islamise BharatThe Organiser editorial termed the decline in Sikhs and Buddhists numbers in religious data of Census as "worrisome".
Government releases religion-wise population data; 79.8% Hindus, 14.2% MuslimsThe religion-wise population data released by the Government on Tuesday indicated a rise in the proportion of Muslim population in the coun...
Census 2011: Assam records highest rise in Muslim populationNationally, percentage of Muslims in total population went up from 13.4% in 2001 to 14.2% in 2011.
- Go by latest census in giving PDS foodgrains to BPL: Supreme Court to Centre
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to allocate foodgrains under the PDS to poor families as per the latest census on BPL families.
- Census 2011: Gujarat population touches 6 crore; urbanisation at 43%
Gujarat's population has reached 6.03 crore, while the urban population has risen from 37 per cent in 2001 to 43 per cent in 2011.
- Delimitation bill awaits Cabinet nod
Endorsing the decision taken at an all-party meeting to undertake the next round of delimitation exercise based on the 2001 census, the Cen...