Himachal Pradesh has 68 Assembly constituencies. Of these, 17 are reserved for Scheduled Castes. Apart from these, Kinnaur, ...

Already facing concerns about data quality and public trust, a shake-up of the census may also have a constitutional hurdle in its way.

Bengaluru: The caste census drive by BBMP has left residents fuming, as QR-coded stickers marking Scheduled Caste (SC) ...

Residents at Haralur said that they were surprised to see stickers pasted on the doors without any data having been collected ...

During the week of July 20, census workers resumed visits to households that have not yet responded to the survey to help them complete their forms. Visits will start in selected locations in ...

The Registrar General of India announced that the houselisting operations for the next Census will commence on April 1, 2026. The Census, conducted in two phases, will include houselisting and ...

New research published in Science reveals what experts are calling a "quiet crisis" in population data collection.

While Statistics Canada has asked about sexual orientation in past surveys, next year will mark the first time the question ...

Census data has underpinned nearly every aspect of political decision-making and policy development for decades. The new ...

Social licence and consent are central to trust in state data systems. Changes to the way census information is gathered make ...

The five-yearly census is being replaced by a smaller, annual survey - and using Government department data. Stats NZ has faced past criticism over poor Census response rates ...

Administrative data would form the "backbone" of the new system, with surveys - which will begin in 2027 - helping to fill in data gaps, especially for smaller populations. The administrative data ...