The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characterstics), Economic Activity, Literacy and Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanisation, Fertility and Mortality, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Language, Religion, Migration , Disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data since 1872.
President of India : Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
The Provisional Population Totals for Census 2011 has been announced by the Census Commissioner, India
Census 2011 : Did you know that the entire data processing used to take more than 5 years in the Censuses till 1991? The time taken was significantly reduced to around 3 years in Census 2001 and the effort is to reduce it further to around 1.5 years for Census 2011, reports censusindia.gov.in
Census 2011 will be the 15th National Census of the Country. This is the only source of primary data in the village ,town and ward level, It provides valuable information for planning and formulation policies for Central and the State Governments and is widely used by National and International Agencies, Scholars, business people, industrialists, and many more.
The Delimitation/reservation of Constituencies- Parliamentary/Assembly/Panchayats and other Local Bodies is also done on the basis of the demographic data thrown up by the Census. Census is the basis for reviewing the country's progress in the past decade, monitoring the on going Schemes of the Goverment and most importantly , plan for the future. That is why the Slogan is " Our Census -Our Future ".