Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 31 2010:
Manipur Governor, Gurbachan Jagat today appealed to the people of the state to extend corporation in the first phase census operation which would begin from tomorrow in the state after a delay of two months to that of countrywide operation which had already commenced from April 1 of this year.
The first phase of the Census 2011 will launch in the from tomorrow as part of country's 15th decennial and considered as the biggest-ever census attempted in the history of mankind enumerating the country's 1.2 billion population and classifying usual residents according to their gender, religion, occupation and education.
For the country, the census exercise which would extend over 11 month started from April 1 of this year but for the state of Manipur it was deferred till June 1 considering the elections to the six Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in five hill districts.
The first phase census operation will continue till July, officials of the directorate of census operation.