Question
What do you know about census of India ?
Solution
After every ten years, a house to house enquire is carried out, covering all households in India. This is known as census of India. Demographic data on birth and death rates, literacy, workforce, life expectancy, size and composition of population etc. are collected and published by the Registrar General of India. The last census of India was held in February 2001.
According to the census 2001 population of India is 102.70 crore. It was 23.83 crore according to census 1901. In a period of 100 years, the population of our country increased by 78.87 crores. Census 1991 indicated that the annual growth rate of population during 1980s was 2.14 percent which come down to 1.93 percent during 1990s according to census 2001.
