TNPSC Thervupettagam

Census 2021

January 17 , 2020 1691 days 1091 0
  • The Census 2021 is to ask 31 questions to the citizens.
  • The questions to be asked are decided by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • The Census 2021 is to be conducted through mobile phone application.
  • For the first time of Indian history, the following are to be included
    • The information about households run by transgender is to be collected.
    • Under the question of sex of household head, male, female and transgender is to be collected.
    • The 2011 census clubbed the employment of transgender, their caste and literacy under “Males” category.
    • Inquiry about main cereal consumed.
    • Earlier it was announced that the census for the first time will collect data on OBC.
    • However, this has not been included.
    • Rather there is provision of SC/ST in the census.

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