when was india's first official census operation undertaken?

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when was india's first official census operation undertaken?

2007-07-26 02:20:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military

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The first census in India in modern times is dated 1872. It started as far back as in 1860 and was finished in 1871. Starting from there, a population census has been carried out every 10 years, latest being the fourteenth in February-March 2001.

2007-07-26 08:03:38 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

In 1881, There were census before that but it was incomplete since census should contain some basic information and of course that time it was British India

2016-05-18 23:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋