Question
Download Solution PDFWhen was the first complete Census conducted in India?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1881.
Key Points
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A census is an official systematic survey of the population of a country.
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Census is a process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and disseminating statistical data regarding the population of a country.
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It covers demographic, social and economic data.
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The first complete Census was taken in India in 1881 under British Viceroy Ripon.
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Lord Mayo was the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872.
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A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non- synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country.
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This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India.
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However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.
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Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once in every ten years.
Hence, we can conclude that the first complete Census was taken in India in 1881.
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