Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man speaks on a mobile phone as he walks across a crowded market in Varanasi, India, on October 25, 2025. - Niharika ...

Long before smartphones and government apps, India used its vast postal network to persuade people to take part in one of the world's biggest statistical exercises: the census. Now, as India prepares ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's most populous nation has kicked off a census that will take a year to complete [File: RS Iyer/AP] India has begun ...

(CNN) — India has kicked off a mammoth exercise to count its entire population – all 1.4 billion of them, give or take a few, in a census initially delayed by the pandemic then administrative issues.

Issued to mark India's 2001 census, this commemorative stamp featured a family of four above the slogan "People Oriented". The first day cover celebrated India's diversity with a colourful crowd scene ...