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Mapping India: The World's Largest Count
Mapping India, undertaking a census of more than a billion people
Mapping India: The World’s Largest Count charts how the country undertakes a census of more than a billion people — from its origins in the late 19th century to today’s effort to capture population, living conditions, social change and, for the first time in decades, caste.
Researchers, historians, anthropologists and citizens on the ground reveal what this vast national undertaking means for India and the rest of the world.
A Made in Manchester production.
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Sat 26 Sep 202611:06GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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- Sat 26 Sep 202611:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 27 Sep 202602:06GMTBBC World Service
- Sun 27 Sep 202613:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 27 Sep 202616:06GMTBBC World Service News Internet