Odisha cracks down on pre-birth gender tests

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 17:56

As per Census 2011, Odisha now has 934 girls under six years old for every 1,000 boys in that age range.

Female foeticide: Death before birth

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 13:19

Recently, incidences of female foeticide were reported from Beed district in Maharashtra.

National capital suffers from accommodation crunch: Govt data

Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012, 17:57

According to 'Houselisting and Housing Census 2011' for Delhi released today, six to eight members live under one roof in 25.6 percent of 33,40,538 households in the city while six percent of the houses (around two lakh) have more than nine people living in a single dwelling.

`In Assam 44% use banks, 54% get water at home`

Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 23:24

Only 44.1 per cent households in Assam avail banking services, 54 per cent have access to drinking water as per the 2011 Census.

96% households in Haryana living in good houses

Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 16:56

The Census 2011 data for Haryana has revealed that about 96 per cent of households are living in good or livable houses.

Socio Economic Caste Census 2011 to be completed by Jan

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 21:52

The government on Wednesday said that the socio-economic census, which will be used to identify beneficiaries of various schemes, is expected to be completed by January 2012.

Mumbai is India’s most populous city

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 00:22

Mumbai is India`s most populated city with over 1.84 crore people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore.

Census fanbase - 20K and counting!

Last Updated: Saturday, July 23, 2011, 17:10

Census 2011 is logged on 24x7 on Facebook with live updates, comments and responses.

MP population estimated at 7.25 cr

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 15:16

The total population of Madhya Pradesh as per provisional figures for the 2011 census stood at 7,25,97,565 (7.25 cr), large chunk of which stays in rural areas.