India begins largest population census of world
Apr 1, 2026
India is conducting the world's largest census, with three million officials beginning the count of its estimated 1.4 billion citi
Apr 1, 2026
India is conducting the world's largest census, with three million officials beginning the count of its estimated 1.4 billion citizens.
This is the country's first census since 2011, delayed by the pandemic, and the first to be conducted digitally.
The exercise will cost 1.25 billion dollars and for the first time will include caste data—not collected since 1931—amid growing focus on social inequality.
Results are expected next year and will inform policies on development, welfare, and infrastructure in a nation facing urban overcrowding, housing shortages and widening income gaps.
Al Jazeera's Neha Poonia reports from New Delhi, India.
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