April 21, 2010 11:46 AM

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Census 2011 to be launched in Gujarat today

The Census 2011 will be launched in Gujarat on Wednesday with the enumeration of Governor Dr Kamla and Chief Minister Narendra Modi as first two citizens in the census register. <br/> <br/>About 1,17,000 enumerators, mostly teachers, will visit some 5.5 crore denizens of the state and collect the data during this month exercise. <br/> <br/>Director of Census Operation in Gujarat, Mr. Manish Bhardwaj has said that this time there will be a separate sheet to collect data for National Population Register which will pave way for the Centre's ambitious Unique Identification Number project. <br/> <br/>AIR Ahmedabad Correspondent reports that this is the sixth census operation in Gujarat after it came into existence.<br/>

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