Census: District Census Handbook

District Census Handbook "The District Census Handbook (DCHB) is an important publication of the Census Organization since 1951. It contains both Census and non Census data of urban and rural areas for each District. The Census data provide information on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of population at the lowest administrative unit i.e. of each Village and Town and ward of the District." India’s 16th Census will be conducted by March 2027 as the nation’s first digital and caste-based enumeration. Learn about its phases, legal basis, and significance for delimitation and governance. Census Digital Library The Census Digital Library is intended to serve as a central, searchable repository of all publicly-available materials related to the India population censuses. This repository includes our census tables, documents of multiple types (acts and rules, circulars, questionnaires and methodological documents, reports), presentations of results, photos, and others. To make the information more discoverable, we seek to attach as much metadata as possible to each resource ...