Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

The story so far: The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) on August 14, 2026, notified a set of 40 questions for Population Enumeration — the second phase of Census 2027. The ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the C ensus 2027, demanding that the government scrap the existing questionnaire for it. The two ...

Ladakh is set to become the first part of independent India to demonstrate how caste will be enumerated in Census 2027, with the Population Enumeration phase beginning in the Union Territory and other ...

Of the 40 questions asked of every Indian in Census 2027, number 10 sits at the intersection of the country's history and its politics. And it will all come down to the math. Question 10 asks for a ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...