Mahaganana: An Approach to a Smart Census in India

In a large country like India where the population of states is equal to the population of other countries, it is very difficult to obtain the count of the population in a given minimum time and cost. Although the year 2021 is going to be the Census year for India, the 2021 Census is 8th Census (since independence) of country. In India, Census is conducted in every ten years by the government. This census is going to be very important due to many reasons. The previous censuses took place by the manual procedure that is very typical and is used since it has been introduced by the British in 1872. This procedure is very time consuming and requires large effort by mankind. So the need of the time is to simplify it. This could be simplified using technology. So we are using a Cross-Platform portal to conduct the entire process in a digital manner and introducing several changes in procedure of conduction of Census. This portal will serve to all. (i.e. Citizen, Census Officer, Ministers, etc.) and the entire procedure will be described as Mahaganana.