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India begins counting its population in historic census

India has begun counting its around 1.4 billion population in the world’s largest census, its first since 2011. Grouped from 4 articles across 2 sources.

4 reports2 sourcesApr 1, 2026, 8:06 PM
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Al JazeeraApr 1, 2026, 8:06 PM

India begins counting its population in historic census

India has begun counting its around 1.4 billion population in the world’s largest census, its first since 2011.

Al JazeeraApr 1, 2026, 4:19 PM

History’s biggest census: Why India’s new population count is controversial

The population count, which was delayed by five years, will include caste enumeration for the first time in a century.

Al JazeeraApr 1, 2026, 8:47 AM

India begins world’s largest population census

More than three million Indian officials have begun the yearlong task of counting the country’s population.

BBC NewsApr 1, 2026, 12:11 AM

Billion-plus people, three million officials, 33 questions - India begins huge census

The two-phase exercise - the world’s most ambitious - will see three million officials count every Indian.

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