Census India - Population Census 2011

Census of India is conducted every 10 years. Census 2011 was the 15th National census survey conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Mr. C. Chandramouli is the Commissioner & Registrar General of the Indian 2011 Census. 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 the National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indians by the Unique Identification Authority of India.

The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 to 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 121 crore with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of census 2011 was 'Our Census, Our future'.