<P> The 1872 Census of India was the first comprehensive census of India , then a component of the British Empire . The census has been held every ten years following , with the fifteenth national census held in 2011 . This census was preceded by the British decennial census of 1801 and decades of regional surveys in India . </P>
<P> The 1872 Census of India was the first comprehensive census of India , then a component of the British Empire . The census has been held every ten years following , with the fifteenth national census held in 2011 . This census was preceded by the British decennial census of 1801 and decades of regional surveys in India . </P>
when was the first census done in india
when was the first census done in india
1872
1872