whta are three major points of defining population by the cunsus of india
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Explanation:
Urban Agglomeration (UA): An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban
spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or
more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of
such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory
town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should
not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local
Answer:
The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register (NPR) was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%.[2] Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'.
15th Census
of India
← 20012021 →
General information
Country
India
Date taken
2010–2011
Total population
1,210,193,422
Percent change
Increase 17.70%[1]
Most populous state
Uttar Pradesh (199,812,341)
Least populous state
Sikkim (610,577)