The population count, which was delayed by five years, will include caste enumeration for the first time in a century.

India on Wednesday kicked off a mammoth exercise to count its entire population – all 1.4 billion of them, give or take a few, in a census initially delayed by the pandemic then administrative issues.

The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It’s now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making ...

The previous census conducted in India was in 2011 and recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It is now estimated to be more ...

The two-phase exercise - the world’s most ambitious - will see three million officials count every Indian.

India’s 2027 census will shape how wealth and power is distributed and inform policies around castes and women in the world’s ...

India began the first count of its population in more than a decade at the start of April. The inaugural digital census is ...

India, the world’s most populous nation with over 1.4 billion people, has launched a massive census operation involving more ...

India has begun its long-delayed national census, a policy-shaping exercise that will collect a wide range of data and, for ...

A general view of Churchgate Station during peak hours in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 20, 2023. The United Nations says India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of April, ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone raises questions about whether India ...

NEW DELHI — India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone raises questions about whether India can ...