BACKGROUND
- Census is the official, complete count of every household along with every person, their demographic, economic and social data in a country at a specified point of time.
- Census is a Union subject under Article No. 246 of the Constitution specifically listed at serial no. 69 of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
- Legal framework:
Census Act, 1948
Census Rules, 1990
- Duties Defined by Law:
The specific functions of Administrative Officers are legally defined in the Census Rules, 1990:
Principal Census Officer (PCO) : Rule 5(3)
District/Sub-Divisional Census Officer (DCO) : Rule 5(4)
Charge Officer (CO) : Rule 5(5)
- The last census was conducted in 2011
