India to count over 1 billion people in census

India is embarking on the mammoth task of counting over a billion people as its census opens.

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Three million officials will spend a year trying to reach every single person in door to door surveys. Officials will record everything from housing conditions and internet access – to how many married couples live under one roof.

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