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CENSUS 2011 NEWS
30% women married under age 18
May 31, 2016 12:13 am
Child marriage down since 2001 but still rampant, show Census data; trend of underage marriages common to Hindus and Muslims; 78 lakh girls were married even before they had turned 10.
Christians and the Census: The debate on the numbers you must read
September 05, 2015 10:21 am
The interesting back-and-forth debate on Christians and conversions based on the recent Census religion figures
View From The Right: Census Data
September 02, 2015 1:03 am
The Muslim community has registered a moderate 0.8 per cent growth to touch 17.22 crore in the 10 year period between 2001 and 2011, up from 13.8 crore, the census data said.
Myth of Muslim growth
September 02, 2015 12:28 am
Once again, the debate on census population data on religion misses the point.
RSS likely to discuss census, OROP at 3-day meet in Delhi
September 01, 2015 3:33 am
RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat will be present through all the three days.
Govt using census data to polarise Bihar before polls
August 27, 2015 12:48 am
The Congress too saw a Bihar connect as it accused the government of trying to project the data only to show that the Muslim population was increasing, while the Hindu population was on the decline.
Muslim population ‘alarming’: Adityanath, Sakshi revive demand for Uniform Civil Code
August 27, 2015 12:43 am
BJP leader, Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj, to reassert their demand for a “Uniform Civil Code” and formation of laws to control population.
Census 2011 religious data: Why it is tough to use these numbers for identity politics
August 26, 2015 1:47 pm
The politics of what these figures could mean or what they could be 'spun' to mean is something to ponder.
Census 2011: Hindus dip to below 80 per cent of population; Muslim share up, slows down
August 26, 2015 12:00 am
The Muslim community has registered a moderate 0.8 per cent growth to touch 17.22 crore in the 10 year period between 2001 and 2011, up from 13.8 crore, while Hindus population showed a decline by 0.7 per cent at 96.63 crore during the period, the census data said.
Over 35,000 children in Gujarat of the age group 10-14 are married: Census
July 28, 2015 4:26 pm
Marriage in this age bracket is in violation of the Prohibition of the Child Marriage Act which lays down the minimum age for marriage for all Indian citizens, as 21 for men and 18 for women.
