Question
Download Solution PDFIn how many phases was the last Census of 2011 conducted in India?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 2.Key Points
- Census is a process of collecting, analyzing, and publishing demographic, social, and economic data of a country's population.
- The last Census of 2011 was the 15th Census of India and was conducted under the Census Act of 1948.
Additional Information
- As of 2021, India's decennial census has been carried out 16 times.
- The first comprehensive census was taken in 1881, though it had been conducted every ten years since Viceroy Lord Mayo took office in 1872.
- Since 1949, it has been managed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, through the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- The 1948 Census of India Act, which predates the Indian Constitution, has been used to conduct all censuses since 1951.
- The Union Government is not required by the 1948 Census of India Act to carry out the Census on a specific date or to make the results available within a specified timeframe.
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