India’s Census 2027 will be the world’s largest population exercise, introducing digital-first data collection, self-enumeration and caste counting for the first time since Independence.

From caste data to digital tools: Why India’s 2027 Census will make history

The exercise will blend in-person surveys with a digital option where residents can submit information through a multilingual smartphone application that integrates satellite-based mapping.

Census 2027 begins today: India’s first-ever digital population count, 7 key facts you must know

India: All Buildings To Be Geo-tagged In Census 2027

India to conduct Population Census 2027 in two phases, Centre issues notification

Vaishnaw also slammed the Congress and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) parties for using the caste census as a political tool. India news

‘Committed to the values’: Centre announces caste enumeration to be part of next Census

Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha And Rajya Sabha Adjourned Till 3 Pm Amid Opposition Protest. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal criticised the government, accusing it of deliberately stalling parliamentary proceedings. Watch to know more!

Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha And Rajya Sabha Adjourned Till 3 Pm Amid Opposition Protest

NDA and opposition alliance get ready to rake up Parliament with key bills and issues like Manipur violence. Central government approaches parties to seek cooperation for a smooth session until December 20. INDIA bloc to finalise strategy on key bills like Wakf, Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, the Disaster Management Bill and others. Bloc has recently faced a massive setback in key assembly elections. Watch to know more!

India: Adani US Indictment, Manipur Violence Set To Rock Parliament Winter Session | World DNA

The much-delayed decadal census exercise and the work to update the National Population Register (NPR) are likely to begin early 2025 and the data will be released by 2026, thus changing future census cycles completely, official sources said.

Centre likely to commence population census in 2025 after four-year delay

India is likely to begin conducting a long-delayed population census in September, according to reports, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to plug important data gaps in his third term after years of criticism.

India to begin delayed census in September, say reports

The cabinet of the Indian state of Assam gave a go-ahead to the socio-economic survey of the indigenous Muslim population in the state. The cabinet took the decision a year and a half after five communities were recognised by the government of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as "indigenous Assamese Muslims".

India: Assam's cabinet gives its nod for census of native Muslims

Ethnic communities of Indian descent in the UK have the highest levels of education and one of the highest percentages of working professionals, the latest release of data from the 2021 census has revealed.

Indian diaspora in UK outperforms the Britons in education, home ownership: Survey

Indians living in the US are among the top earners in the country, overtaking people from other countries like Sri Lanka, Japan, China, and Pakistan, according to a recent census.

Indians among top earners in US, surpass other Asian groups: Report  

Census results published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), on Tuesday, show that less than half of people in the two British nations, England and Wales, identify themselves as Christian.

England, Wales no longer majority Christian; Leicester, Birmingham now ‘minority majorities’: Census

Tigers are making a spectacular return in Nepal. From 121 big cats in 2010, their population have more than doubled to 355 in 2022, according to the December census unveiled by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at a programme to mark International Tiger Day in Kathmandu on Friday.

Nepal makes a 'roaring' comeback: Tiger’s population more than doubles in 10 years

The results of Australia’s census have been declared. It is carried out once in five years. The results show the country has been undergoing significant change. In the survey, the population has grown from 2.

Australia undergoing significant change, reveal census results

The government has decided to digitize its census process, India's Home Minister Amit Shah has made this announcement. According to him after this decision, the census will become more scientific, accurate and multi-dimensional.

Next census will be e-census, India's big move towards digitalization

One of the old world's oldest zoos, the ZSL zoo in London has begun its annual census. It's a process where the zookeepers take a headcount of all the animals within the premises of the zoo.

The ZSL zoo in London has begun its annual census to take a headcount of all the animals

In what can be called a major error, China seems to have undercounted the number of children born from 2000 to 2010 by at least 11.6 million. The error seems to have happened partly due to its stringent one-child policy.

Major error? China undercounts nearly 12 million kids in 2010 census

The religious minorities in Pakistan have accused the government of undercounting them in the latest census data published in May. This comes in four years after the survey was conducted.

Pakistan accused of undercounting Hindus, Christians in latest census

According to a new guideline, people can answer queries regarding their gender in Scotland’s 2022 census on the basis of how they identify themselves rather than as per the legal status, the body responsible for the survey has said.

People can self-identify to answer gender queries in Scotland’s 2022 census

Authorities in Kenya are deploying planes, helicopters, boats, 4x4 trucks, camera traps, satellite collars and much more to kickstart its first-ever national census of wildlife.

In a first, Kenya set to launch wildlife census

According to China's 2020 Census report, its population grew at the slowest rate in the last decade. Beijing says that its population stood at 1.412 billion in 2020. China's slowing rate of population growth has already raised concerns about a looming demographic crisis.

China's 2020 census shows slowest population growth in last decade

China's population growth in the decade to 2020 slumped to the least in official records dating back to the 1950s, fuelling pressure on Beijing to ramp up incentives to couples to have more children and avert an irreversible decline.

China 2020 census shows population growth slipped to lowest since 1950s

The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trump`s unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate U.

US Supreme Court weighs Trump bid to bar illegal immigrants from census totals

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