Synopsis This book is designed to give the students of population and the general public an overview of the world’s second largest census; also presented, are the provisional results of the Census released recently by the Census Commissioner. It contains critical comments on the census results by a leading demographer. The key tables from the Population Census and the Economic Census are presented for ready reference, along with the detailed tabulation plan for the complete results of the 1991 Census. The nuances of census methodology with respect to concepts, definitions and classifications are discussed lucidly by the author.