Census 2027 to include question related to caste, a first in independent India

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Census 2027 will, for the first time in independent India, ask citizens their caste, as part of a new 40-question schedule notified by the Union Home Ministry. Learn what the new caste question entails, how it fits among other queries on education, work, migration and identity, and when the nationwide enumeration will be conducted.