India to Conduct Census 2025: New Cycle and Key Questions Revealed

A big update has come out regarding the census conducted every 10 years in India. According to sources, the census in India will start next year i.e. in 2025. The census will continue for one year i.e. 2026. After this, the census will now be conducted in the country every 10 years and the next census will now be conducted in 2035. Its cycle was disturbed due to COVID-19. Earlier, the census has been conducted every decade. Earlier it was conducted in 1991, 2001, and 2011 and in this way, it was to be conducted in the year 2021.

Sources said, there is every possibility that the work of census and NPR will start early next year and the population figures will be declared by 2026. Along with this, there is a possibility of change in the census cycle as well. Therefore, this cycle will now be 2025-2035 and then 2035-2045 and will continue like this in the future.

The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner had prepared 31 questions to be asked of citizens during the census. These questions also include whether the head of the family belongs to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. Also, whether other members of the family belong to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, as was asked in the last census.

Opposition parties Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) are among the political parties who are demanding a caste-based census so that the total population of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the country can be known. Sources said that it remains to be seen whether the government will go ahead with the delimitation process after the census data is published, which is proposed in 2026.

The 31 questions to be asked from each family under the census include questions like the total number of persons in the family and whether the head of the family is a woman or not. Apart from this, questions related to how many rooms the family has and the number of married couples living in the family are also included. The questions also include whether the family has a telephone, internet connection, mobile or smartphone, bicycle, scooter or motorcycle and whether they have a car, jeep or other vehicle. Apart from this, other questions related to the daily life of the family will also be asked.