The 15th Indian National Census was conducted in two phases Houselisting and population enumeration.
- Houselisting Phase begin on April 1,
2010 . it involves collection of information about all buldings.
- The Second
Phase “population Enumeration was conducted between 9 Feb. to 28 Feb. 2011. In
2011 census first time the biometric information was collected.
- Census 2011 mascot is a female enumerator (who everybody would identify as the school teacher next door).
- The provisional figures of India’s largest Census 2011 were released in New Delhi on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary GK Pillai and RGI C Chandramouli.