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The 1871 India Census was the first comprehensive census of India, then a component of the British Empire. The census has been held every ten years following, with the fifteenth national census held in 2011. This census was proceeded by the British decennial census of 1801 and decades of regional surveys in India. == Memorandum on the Census of British India of 1871-72 == In the year 1871-72 〔http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/page.php?title=1871&action=previous&record=3〕 the first approach was made to the taking of a general census for the whole of India at a given date. Enumerations of the people had already been made in - The North-West Provinces in 1853 and 1865 - Oude in 1869 - The Punjab in 1855 and 1868 - The Hyderabad Assigned Districts in 1867 - The Central Provinces in 1866 - In Madras quinquennial returns have been prepared since 1851-52 by the officers of the Revenue Department, giving with more or less accuracy the numbers of the people in each district. - In British Burma also a tolerably correct census is made each year for the purpose of the capitation rate. The Census of 1871 was, however, an attempt to obtain for the whole of India statistics of the age, caste, religion, occupation, education, and infirmities of the population; and the results, for their respective provinces, have been carefully analysed in the reports written by Mr. Beverley for Bengal, Mr. Plowden for the North-West Provinces, Mr. Neill for the Central Provinces, Surgeon-Major Cornish for Madras, Surgeon-Major Lumsdaine for Bombay, Mr. M`Iver for British Burma, and Major Lindsay for Coorg and for Mysore, which State, though administered for its Native Prince, may for present purposes be treated as part of British India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1871 India Census」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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