No. of Houses goes up to 33 Crore From 25 Crore
Use of Electricity for Lighting goes up by 11 % over 2001
Each
Census in India since the first one in 1872, has attempted to capture
the socio-economic, demographic and cultural diversity of this vast
country and present it through measurable indices. In this attempt, each
succeeding Census has attempted an improvement over the previous one.
Census
of India 2011 was conducted in two phases. The first phase, called the
“Houselisting and Housing Census” was undertaken a few months prior to
the second phase termed as “Population Enumeration”. The objective of
the Houselisting and Housing Census Operations is to identify each
building/census house and also to ascertain the quality of the census
house, amenities accessible to it and assets available to the households
living in those census houses. The fundamental principle is to cover
the entire country in a systematic manner without omission or
duplication. The enumerator collects the required information by
visiting each and every household and canvassing a written questionnaire
called the Houselist and Housing Schedule. In Census 2011, a period of
45 days was given for this purpose. Every State/Union Territory chose
this period in a time window starting April 2010 to September 2010
depending upon their convenience. Approximately twenty five lakh (or 2.5
million) enumerators and 2 lakh supervisors were engaged for this
operation.