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

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New Delhi: All castes were enumerated during census exercises carried out in British India between 1881 and 1931, but at the time of the first census of independent India in 1951, the then government ...

The race to count the nation's population began in earnest, with more than 120 million U.S. census forms being mailed out this week. The challenge is to complete a 10-question form in time to be ...

The census is an important national event as it counts everyone in the country at a particular time. The first known census ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's most populous nation has kicked off a census that will take a year to complete [File: RS Iyer/AP] India has begun ...