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Counting a billion people: Inside India's mega census drive
As in the past, census results will be released in phases starting late next year.
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AFP - Tue, 21, Apr 2026
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Conference of Chief Secretaries of States/UTs, State Census Nodal Officers, Senior officers from MHA, and Directors of Census Operations / X/@CensusIndia2027
Sukhwinder Kaur battles the scorching sun as she trudges door-to-door in New Delhi as part of India's colossal exercise to count more than one billion citizens.
Kaur is among three million census enumerators fanning out across cities and villages in an exercise that will help shape policy for the country's estimated 1.4 billion people for years to come.
Billed as the world's largest population count, the census is being held in two phases at a cost of $1.25 billion, according to the government.
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