The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration.

Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all Indians by Unique Identification Authority of India. The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9th to 28th February, 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on March 31, 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%.
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1 Scope and process 2 Inclusion of caste 3 Census

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3.1 Houselisting 3.2 Population enumeration

4 National population register 5 Census report 6 Population 7 Literacy 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit]Scope

and process

2.7 million officials visited households in about 7,000 towns and 600,000 villages, classifying the population according to gender, religion, education and occupation. The cost of the exercise was in the region of 22bn rupees ($490m; 300m). The exercise, conducted every 10 years, faced big challenges, not least India's vast area and diversity of cultures and opposition from the manpower involved [edit]Inclusion

of caste

Information on castes was included in the census following demands from several ruling coalition leaders including Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav supported by opposition parties Bharatiya Janata Party, Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and Anna Dravida Munnetra

Kazhagam. Information on caste was last collected during British Raj in 1931. During the early census, people often exaggerated their caste status to garner social status and it is expected that people downgrade it now in the expectation of gaining government benefits.
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There is only one instance of a caste-count in post-Independent India. It was conducted in Kerala in 1968 by the Communist government underE. M. S. Namboodiripad to assess the social and economic backwardness of various lower castes. The census was termed Socio-Economic Survey of 1968 and the results were published in the Gazetteer of Kerala, 1971. [edit]Census The census was conducted in two phases. The first houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of data about all the buildings and census houses.[4] Information for National population register was also collected in the first phase. The second population enumeration phase was conducted from 9th to 28th February, 2011 all over the country. [edit]Houselisting Houselisting Schedule contained 35 questions.[5] Ownership status of the house Number of dwelling rooms Building number Number of married Census house number Predominant material of floor, wall couple the household Main source of drinking and roof of the census house water Ascertain use of actual house Availability of drinking Condition of the census house water source Household number Main source of lighting Total number of persons in the Latrine within the household Name of the head of the household premises Type of latrine facility Sex of the head Waste water outlet Caste status (SC or ST or others) connection Bathing facility within the premises [edit]Population
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Availability of kitchen Fuel used for cooking Radio/Transistor Television Computer/Laptop Telephone/Mobile phone Bicycle Scooter/Motor cycle/Moped Car/Jeep/Van Availing Banking services

enumeration

Population enumeration schedule contained 29 questions.[6][7] Name of the person Relationship to head Sex Date of birth and age Current marital status Age at marriage Religion Other languages known Literacy status Status of attendance (Education) Highest educational level attained Working any time Seeking or available for work Travel to place of work Birth place Place of last residence Reason for migration Duration of stay in in the place of migration

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Disability Mother tongue

during last year Category of economic activity Occupation Nature of industry Trade or service Class of worker Non economic activity

Children surviving Children ever born Number of children born alive during last one year

[edit]National

population register

National Population Register Household schedule contained 9 questions.[8] Name of the person and resident status Name of the person as should appear in the population register Relationship to head Sex Date of birth Marital status Educational qualification Occupation/Activity Names of father, mother and spouse Once the information will be collected and digitalised, fingerprints and photos will be collected. Unique Identification Authority of India will issue a 12-digit identification number to all individuals and the first ID is expected to be issued in 2011.[9][10][11] [edit]Census

report

Decadal growth of Indian population (1901-2011).

Provisional data from the census was released on March 31, 2011. Complete results are expected to be released in 2012.[12] Population Total 1,210,193,422

Males

623,724,248

Females

586,469,174

Literacy

Total

74.04%

Males

82.14%

Females

65.46%

Density of population

per sq. km

382

Sex ratio

per 1000 males 940 females

Child Sex ratio(0-6 age group) per 1000 males 914 females [edit]Population The population of India at 0:00 hours of 1st March, 2011 was 1,210,193,422. India added 181 million to its population since 2001, slightly lower than the population of Brazil. India with 2.4% of the world's surface area accounts for 17.5 % of its population. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with roughly 200 million people. A little more than 6 out of every 10 Indians live in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.[13] [edit]Literacy Any one above age 7 who can read and write in any language with an ability to understand was considered a literate. In censuses before 1991, children below the age 5 were treated as illiterates. The

literacy rate taking the entire population into account is termed as "crude literacy rate", and taking the population from age 7 and above into account is termed as "effective literacy rate". Effective literacy rate increased to a total of 74.04% with 82.14% of the males and 65.46% of the females being literate. Census year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 Total (%) 5.35 5.92 7.16 9.5 16.1 16.67 24.02 29.45 36.23 42.84 64.83 74.04 Male (%) 9.83 10.56 12.21 15.59 24.9 24.95 34.44 39.45 46.89 52.74 75.26 82.14 Female (%) 0.60 1.05 1.81 2.93 7.3 7.93 12.95 18.69 24.82 32.17 53.67 65.46
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The table lists the "crude literacy rate" in India from 1901 to 2011.