New Delimitation Bill 2026: What it means and its key proposalsThe government's tabling of the Delimitation Bill has ignited a political firestorm, particularly from southern opposition parties. The pro...
Women's Reservation Bill 2026: After 30 years, here's how India moves to reserve 33% seats for women in ParliamentParliament is considering a new law to bring 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies starting from the 2029 elec...
Delimitation & women reservation bill: Southern states backs 50% seat hike, seeks share status quoWith the introduction of the two bills - one on delimitation and another an amendment bill for delinking implementation of women's reservat...
Manipur's political parties unite against delimitationPolitical parties in Manipur, including Congress and BJP, have united to oppose the Supreme Court's directive for a swift delimitation base...
A tale of two Indias: The regional skew in India's developmental story, decodedBy far the worst state is Bihar, which secured 9 points out of 11. In plain English, in 2019-21, for nine out of the 11 variables chosen, B...
No. of girls migrating for education rising much faster than boys’While the number of boys migrating across states for education in the nine years preceding the census grew by 13% compared to the nine year...
Hindi mother tongue of 44% in India, Bangla second most-spokenThe percentage of Indian population with Hindi as their mother tongue has risen to 43.63% from 41.03% in 2001, Bengali remains second while...
Just 8.5 per cent disabled population graduate: CensusAccording to the census data of 2011, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI), of the total disabled population of 2.68 crores in ...
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...
Tamil Nadu, with 72 million people, records 80% literacyTamil Nadu recorded a population of 72,147,030, growing by 97.4 lakh persons in the last decade, of which 80.1 per cent are literates.
Goa witnesses substantial rise in urban populationDirectorate of Census Operations, which released the 2011 decadal census data today, has registered a total population of 14.58 lakh in Goa.
- 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.
- Census of India 2011: Ten years on, girl child killers still getting away in Punjab & Haryana
Ten years after Census 2001 shook the country’s two top agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana by showing their abominable sex ratio, there ...
- Census of India 2011: Three out of four Indians can read and write now
Even as there was a sense of achievement at the improvement in the literacy rate, questions are being raised about what constitutes literac...
- Census of India 2011: Child sex ratio drops to lowest since Independence
Indicating a continuing preference for boys in society, the child sex ratio in India has dropped to 914 females against 1,000 males.
- GIS, 3D imaging and scanners to ensure error-free Census 2011
During the 2001 census, the Office claims to have missed out 2.3% of households and citizens, especially people living in slums. Nearly 1.8...
- Census 2011: Emphasis on migrants' residence
Census 2011 could present a more accurate demographic picture by enumerating temporary migrants at their usual residence rather than actual...