What are the objective of a national population census

The objective of the NPR, being carried out under the aegis of the Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India, is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country. The database would contain demographic as well as biometric particulars.

the most detailed information on the numbers in the population, its territorial spread, sociol-demographic and professional structures, and the socio-economic specificity of households and families, as well as their resources and dwelling conditions at all levels of the country's territorial

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