Census: The 1948 Census of India Act

The 1948 Census of India Act does not bind the Union Government to conduct the census on a particular date or to release its data in a notified period. The last census was held in 2011, whilst the next was to be held in 2021 before it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [3] Intention of Govt. to take Census Pre-Test Notification Census Notifications-Appointment of Census Officers Gazette Notification - Houselisting Operations ORGI- Postponement of 1st phase of Census 2021 and updation of NPR Gazette Notification 2022 ( Census Amendment) District Census Handbook "The District Census Handbook (DCHB) is an important publication of the Census Organization since 1951. It contains both Census and non Census data of urban and rural areas for each District. The Census data provide information on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of population at the lowest administrative unit i.e. of each Village and Town and ward of the District." Census Digital Library The Census Digital Library is intended to serve as a central, searchable repository of all publicly-available materials related to the India population censuses. This repository includes our census tables, documents of multiple types (acts and rules, circulars, questionnaires and methodological documents, reports), presentations of results, photos, and others. To make the information more discoverable, we seek to attach as much metadata as possible to each resource ...