Census of India
The
2024 general election.[4]
Mauryan Empire
Historically, there has been a long time between collection of data and dissemination of data.Nagarika) were responsible for enumerating different classes of people in the Mauryan empire such as traders, agriculturists, smiths, potters, carpenters etc., and also cattle, mostly for taxation purposes.[6] These vocations consolidated as castes, a feature of Indian society that continues to influence the Indian politics till today.[citation needed]
British Rule
Census in British India refers to the census of India prior to independence which was conducted periodically from 1865 to 1941. The censuses were primarily concerned with administration and faced numerous problems in their design and conduct ranging from the absence of house numbering in hamlets to cultural objections on various grounds to dangers posed by wild animals to census personnel. The sociologist Michael Mann called the census exercise "more telling of the administrative needs of the British than of the social reality for the people of British India".[7] The differences in the nature of Indian society during the British Raj from the value system and the societies of the West were highlighted by the inclusion of "caste", "religion", "profession" and "age" in the data to be collected, as the collection and analysis of that information had a considerable impact on the structure and politics of Indian society.
Republic of India
List of censuses conducted in India after independence:
- 1951 census of India
- 1961 census of India
- 1971 census of India
- 1981 census of India
- 1991 census of India
- 2001 census of India
- 2011 census of India
- 2021 census of India
See also
- Demographics of India
- List of states and union territories of India by population
- List of cities in India by population
- List of towns in India by population
- List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
- List of states in India by past population
- List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio
- List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate
- Timeline of Indian history
References
- ^ Sugden, Joanna; Seervai, Shanoor (9 January 2015). "Where Are India's 2011 Census Figures on Religion?". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "The delay in the decennial Census". The Hindu. 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Explained:The delay in the decennial census". The Hindu. January 9, 2023.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ISSN 0277-9390.
- ^ "The politics behind the caste census in Bihar". The Times of India.
- ^ Mann (2015), p. 169
Works cited
- ISBN 978-1-31762-446-2
External links
- Media related to Censuses in India at Wikimedia Commons