Census, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi seeking some
information/documents relating to caste census, e.g., time schedule for conducting castewise
census ... Government, details of progress made/steps taken for conducting
castewise census as per schedule, proforma developed for conducting caste census, details of
nodal agency
complete data of
caste-based census completed by Govt of India since year 1991 until today.
Please provide year-wise data.
Please note, certified copies ... inform that the Caste were last collected and published
in 1931 Census. In 1941 Census, the details of Caste wise information
were collected, but they
Table XVII "Race Caste or Tribe" of
Census of India 1931, Vol. II, caste/ tribe wise population
distribution as returned in the census
Shashi Kumar ... अपीलकता /Appellant
VERSUS/बनाम
PIO ... ितवादीगण /Respondent
Directorate of Census Operations, Karnataka
Date of Hearing : 16.03.2023
Date of Decision : 21.03.2023
Chief Information Commissioner ... seeking certified copies of
census report district wise for Karnataka State for the period 1947 to 2021,
pertaining to Scheduled Caste (Beda Jangam).
The CPIO
dated
19.3.2012 informed the appellant that the District-wise data of the Census
operation had been started after 1951 onwards and these are published
documents ... time the Dhangar Caste has been notified as SC, which is
from 1951. Moreover, as reported by the respondent, District-wise census
operation has been
dated
19.3.2012 informed the appellant that the District-wise data of the Census
operation had been started after 1951 onwards and these are published
documents ... time the Dhangar Caste has been notified as SC, which is
from 1951. Moreover, as reported by the respondent, District-wise census
operation has been
wise population of Dhangar caste.
2. Gram Panchayat-wise population of Dhangar caste in Badaun district
including names of the persons thereof.
3. Caste-wise ... names of the scheduled caste population of Sikari village
as per the census of 2011.
4. Caste/sub-caste of Mr. Subhash Chandra enlisted
identified based on
housing deprivation parameters as per Socio-Economic and Caste census
(SECC) 2011 data and "Awaas+" survey for identification of eligible ... Economic and Caste Census (SECC) -2017.
Decision:
In view of the above observations, the CPIO is directed to send a focussed
point-wise reply addressing
please supply the copy of the same.
5. Whether any caste based census of India or any Yes, there is no
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part thereof ... Article and
Clauses o the Constitution of India which permit
sub-caste based census i.e. individual castes
under the Scheduled Castes;
6. Whether
Akhil Chandra Jha, D.S. (N.E.-
I), MHA.
a) Directorate of Census Operations, West
Bengal;
Through - Ms. Parnelekha Das, Dy.
Director ... population in West Bengal
registered as per Census 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 & 2011 including
District-wise (specifically Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Uttar
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