Census, NPR data to be ready before 2024 polls

According to information provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to a parliamentary committee, the provisional data for the latest Census and National Population Register (NPR) will be available before the next general elections in 2024.

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The previous Census was conducted in 2011 and the NPR, which has a database of 119 crore residents, was last updated in 2015.

The first phase of Census House-listing and Housing Census that was to be conducted along with the NPR from April 1, 2020, was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provisional Census results will be released in the financial year 2023-24 and the primary Census abstracts (PCA) will provide village-level data on important indicators.

A mobile application has been developed for collecting the Census details and NPR and residents can also self-enumerate. The mobile app through which Census will be conducted will be available in 16 languages.