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In Depth: India begins counting more than a billion people in massive census
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BBC News uses this to examine begins counting more than a billion people in massive The two-phase - the world’s most ambitious - see three million officials count every Indian.
Does your house have a concrete roof or a thatched one. The two-phase billed as the world's most ambitious of its kind, see more than three million officials spend a year counting every person in
The last was held in 2011, with the 2021 round delayed by the pandemic and later pushed back further due to administrative and electoral scheduling - the first time the decennial missed its schedule. Authorities have introduced self-enumeration, letting residents submit details online via a 16-language portal that generates a unique ID for verification by workers.
It also include caste enumeration, a politically sensitive issue that has long been debated .
The closes by linking the event to broader consequences.
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