The Home Ministry announced plans to conduct a two-stage count ending March 1, 2027 in a statement Wednesday night. India’s last official census in 2011 counted 1.21 billion people.

India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they can marry based ...

NEW DELHI — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 years will be conducted digitally and include controversial ...

India's cabinet approved the inclusion of citizens' caste details in its population census on Wednesday, the information minister said, seeking to gain the initiative in a sensitive issue ahead of ...

The Indian census is said to be the largest peacetime mobilization in the world. Almost 2.7 million people were hired to implement the 2011 census, visiting more than 240 million households.

India will include caste details in its next census By The Associated Press (NPR) NEW DELHI May 2, 2025 7:10 a.m.

India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The Home Ministry announced plans to conduct a two-stage census ending March 1, 2027, in a statement ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country.