Regular census in India are held every 10 years. In which year was the first regular census held in India?
The first census was conducted in
India in 1872, but regular census started in 1881. A systematic and modern
population census, in its present form was conducted non- synchronously between
1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country. This effort culminating in
1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India
However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881. Since then,
censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten year.