In India census is held regularly every ______ year.

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  1. 8th
  2. 10th
  3. 12th
  4. 5th

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Option 2 : 10th
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Key Points

  • Census is conducted under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948, as per the Constitution of India, and this data is collected every 10 years.
  • All the censuses since 1951 were conducted under the 1948 Census of India Act. 
  • The Census is conducted once every ten years.
  • The 2011 Census is the 7th Census in Independent India.
  • The decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. 
  • The first complete census was taken in 1881.
  • British Viceroy Lord Mayo started the concept of the census in 1872.
  • Post-1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 

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