<P> The decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times , As of 2011 . While it has been conducted every 10 years , beginning in 1872 , the first complete census was taken in the year 1881 . Post 1949 , it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs , Government of India . All the census since 1951 are conducted under 1948 Census of India Act . </P>
<P> The decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times , As of 2011 . While it has been conducted every 10 years , beginning in 1872 , the first complete census was taken in the year 1881 . Post 1949 , it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs , Government of India . All the census since 1951 are conducted under 1948 Census of India Act . </P>
when was the first census conducted in india
when was the first census conducted in india
the first complete census was taken in the year 1881
the first complete census was taken in the year 1881