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Download Solution PDFIn India the 1st census was held in the year ______.
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1872.
- A population census is a method by which demographic, social, cultural and economic data relating to each and every person in that country are compiled, collected, analysed and disseminated at a specific time over 10 years.
- The first census was conducted in India in 1872, but the regular census started in 1881.
- The first census in all of India was conducted by the British Raj authorities.
- The 15th Census of India and the 7th Census of Independent India-2011 were started on 1st April 2010 with President being the first citizen to be enumerated, followed by the Vice President of India.
- The slogan of Census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our future’.
- C. Chandramouli was the Census Commissioner of India in 2011.
- The population of the nation as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million (51.54%) are males and 586.46 million (48.46%) are females.
- Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India its population is more than the population of Brazil.
- Thus, the first census started in 1872.
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