There have been attempts to ‘misrepresent this normal exercise as data tampering, which is regrettable and factually inaccurate’, the official says; enumerators say they are being asked to edit data about open defecation and gas connection in particular
The Chief Minister said that West Bengal needs to catch up with other states in conduct of the census; he expressed concern over demographic changes and said census data will help in policy decisions
Interacts with enumerators and supervising staff; examines procedures being followed for house listing and collection of demographic details
While the 1931 census put ST population at about 0.8%, with more tribes added to the list, it is now estimated to be over 7% of Karnataka’s population