census

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In the latest census, a couple in a live-in relationship can be recorded as married if they consider their "relationship as a stable union" - signalling a quiet shift towards recognising changing social realities.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

From the 1970s onwards, the census took on a distinctly socio-economic lens.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

These are among the 33 questions that more than a billion Indians will be asked as the country launches the world's largest census on Wednesday, marking the first population count in more than 15 years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

India's transgender population was estimated at nearly 500,000 in the 2011 census, although activists say stigma and underreporting mask the true figure.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Researchers who have studied census data from 1980, 1990, and 2000 say the isolation of the affluent has increased.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times