Answer» - We can understand the trend of population of a region by studying, analyzing and interpreting demographic profile of population, size of population, population growth rate, birth-rate, death-rate, rural-urban population, proportion of female to male population, etc.
- Jamshedji Tata initiated the first population census in 1871. After that, a census was conducted in 1891 and thereafter it is done every 10 years.
- The first census of independent India was conducted in 1951.
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