Question

How can we understand the trend of population? How was census started in India?

Answer 1

• We can understand the trend of population of a region by studying, analyzing and interpreting demographic profile of population, size of population, population growth rate, birth-rate, death-rate, rural-urban population, proportion of female to male population, etc.
• Jamshedji Tata initiated the first population census in 1871. After that, a census was conducted in 1891 and thereafter it is done every 10 years.
• The first census of independent India was conducted in 1951.