Indian Census 2011

The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases -

•  House Listing and
•  Population Enumeration

House Listing Phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indians.

'Houselisting' Schedule contained 35 questions

Building number Census house number Predominant material of floor, wall and roof of the census house Ascertain use of actual house Condition of the census house Household number Total number of persons in the household Name of the head of the household Sex of the head Caste status (SC or ST or others)

Ownership status of the house Number of dwelling rooms Number of married couple the household Main source of drinking water Availability of drinking water source Main source of lighting Latrine within the premises Type of latrine facility Waste water outlet connection Bathing facility within the premises

Availability of kitchen Fuel used for cooking Radio/Transistor Television Computer/Laptop Telephone/Mobile phone Bicycle Scooter/Motor cycle/Moped Car/Jeep/Van Availing Banking services

National Population Register Household schedule contained 9 questions.

• Name of the person and resident status
• Name of the person as should appear in the population register
• Relationship to head
• Sex
• Date of birth
• Marital status
• Educational qualification
• Occupation/Activity

• Names of father, mother and spouse

The second Population Enumeration Phase was conducted from Feb 9-28, 2011 all over the country.
Population enumeration schedule contained 29 questions.

Name of the person Relationship to head Sex Date of birth and age Current marital status Age at marriage Religion Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Disability Mother tongue

Other languages known Literacy status Status of attendance (Education) Highest educational level attained Working any time during last year Category of economic activity Occupation Nature of industry Trade or service Class of worker Non economic activity

Seeking or available for work Travel to place of work Birthplace Place of last residence Reason for migration Duration of stay in the place of migration Children surviving Children ever born Number of children born alive during last one year npr will be start in mp state on 30 apr 2012

The 2011Census of India covered 640 districts, 5767 Tehsils, 7742 Towns and more than 6 lakh Villages.
The cost of the exercise was approximately 2,200 Crores(US$398.2 million) – this comes to less than $ 0.5 per person, well below the estimated world average of $4.6 per person.

C.Chandramouli is the Registrar General and commissioner of 2011 Indian census.Census data was collected in 16 languages and training manual was prepared in 786 languages.


Census Report

Population	Total	1,210,193,422
	Males	623,724,248
	Females	586,469,174
Literacy	Total	74.04%
	Males	82.14%
	Females	65.46%
Density of population	per km2	382
Sex ratio	per 1000 males	940 females
Child Sex ratio (0–6 age group)	per 1000 males	914 females