The first phase of the census and data collection for updating the National Population Register (NPR) has been postponed at least until September 2022, according to the Central Government.
Highlights:
District, sub-district, taluka, tehsil, and Police station boundaries were frozen in December 2021, but this was postponed until June 2022.
The census cannot be conducted without the administrative unit boundary limits being frozen. It is completed at least three months in advance.
Between two censuses, all jurisdictional changes in an administrative area must be covered in order for administrative units to be finalized.
The number of districts has increased from 640 in 2011 to 736 in 2021, according to provisional data compiled by the Registrar General of India (RGI).