Census in British India
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Census in British India refers to the census of India prior to independence which was conducted periodically from 1865 to 1941. The censuses were primarily concerned with administration and faced nume
Local table for "Caste, tribe, race or nationality", from the 1901 census
Cover of Volume 17 of the 1911 census report (fully digitized file)
Partition of India
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The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, a
Census in British India
…British-administered census. The report of the 1881 census comprised three volumes; that of 1931 comprised 28. British India ceased to exist in 1947, when Partition occurred. Throughout the subcontinent, and onwards until 1961 in the Republic of India, responsibility for census operations lay with temporary…
The prevailing religions of the British Indian Empire based on the Census of India, 1901
1909 percentage of Hindus.
1909 percentage of Muslims.
1909 percentage of Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains.