Centre to begin census from 2025, Delimitation to follow: Sources

The government is expected to begin the next census, an official survey of the country's population, in 2025. Following the Census, the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats will commence.

Oct 28, 2024 - 16:48
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Centre to begin census from 2025, Delimitation to follow: Sources

The government is expected to begin the next census, an official survey of the country's population, in 2025 after a four-year-long delay, sources said on Monday. The process will commence in 2025 and is expected to continue until 2026.

Following the Census, the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats will commence, and this exercise is likely to be completed by 2028, the sources added.

The first cycle of the census will now be from 2025 to 2035 and then 2035 to 2045 and so on. The government is well on course to prepare to record the census. Despite some political parties calling for a caste census, It is learned that at this moment, the government has no plans to allow a caste census. In fact, in the existing form, where every person undertaking the survey publishes their name, details, family details etc, they have the option of filing details of religion. There is another column that identifies them as either Scheduled Tribe or Scheduled Caste (SC/ST). The only addition to the form will be to allow people undertaking the survey to mention their sect under their religion.

Sources also said that when the publishing of the census data take place, the government will begin the process of delimitation. This will give the country more elected representatives in the coming years. Only after the process of delimitation is complete can the likes of women’s reservation of 33 per cent be implemented.

Many states in the South, especially Tamil Nadu, have followed a strict population policy and therefore, the government is also considering a proposal to see that no unfair treatment is meted out to them via the delimitation process.

The census of India is recorded every decade, with the first one being held in 1872. The first census post-Independence was recorded in 1951 and the last one in 2011. In the absence of census due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government of India is currently still relying on the census data of 2011.

According to the 2011 data, India’s population stands at 121.1 crore of which 52 per cent are males and 48 per cent are females. It was during this census that the transgender numbers were taken into account for the first time in India’s history. 

 

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