Census 2011, billed as the largest peacetime mobilisation in the world, will see the massive exercise of population enumeration across the country simultaneously, between February 9 and 28.
Registrar-General and Census Commissioner C. Chandramouli said on February 3, that the biggest-ever census attempted in the history of mankind to enumerate the country's 1.2-billion population would be conducted across 35 States and Union Territories.
While a column on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes would be there in Census 2011, the government decided to hold caste-based enumeration as a separate exercise from June to September 2011.
In the first phase of house-listing done from April to September last year, some villages in the Maoist-affected districts of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh were left out, so efforts would be made during the enumeration to reach out to them, he said.
All citizens would be counted, according to their gender, religion, occupation and education. For the first time, enumerators would collect such information as ownership of mobile phones, computers and the Internet, having treated or untreated drinking water facility and banking services. They would also seek additional information for the creation of the National Population Register (NPR).
The Rs.2,200-crore exercise would cover all citizens living in 7,742 towns and six lakh villages in 640 districts. With the expenditure of a mere Rs.18.33 for each person, this census is also being considered the most cost-effective.
Registrar-General and Census Commissioner C. Chandramouli said on February 3, that the biggest-ever census attempted in the history of mankind to enumerate the country's 1.2-billion population would be conducted across 35 States and Union Territories.
While a column on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes would be there in Census 2011, the government decided to hold caste-based enumeration as a separate exercise from June to September 2011.
In the first phase of house-listing done from April to September last year, some villages in the Maoist-affected districts of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh were left out, so efforts would be made during the enumeration to reach out to them, he said.
All citizens would be counted, according to their gender, religion, occupation and education. For the first time, enumerators would collect such information as ownership of mobile phones, computers and the Internet, having treated or untreated drinking water facility and banking services. They would also seek additional information for the creation of the National Population Register (NPR).
The Rs.2,200-crore exercise would cover all citizens living in 7,742 towns and six lakh villages in 640 districts. With the expenditure of a mere Rs.18.33 for each person, this census is also being considered the most cost-effective.
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