{"id":332269,"date":"2026-04-05T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-do-you-count-1-4-billion-people-india-takes-on-the-challenge-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:00:40","slug":"how-do-you-count-1-4-billion-people-india-takes-on-the-challenge-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-do-you-count-1-4-billion-people-india-takes-on-the-challenge-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you count 1.4 billion people? India takes on the challenge | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4tHVAcW_4XQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How do you count 1.4 billion people? 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More than three million Indian officials will be deployed to carry out the count, which will take place nationwide over several months.<\/p>\n<p>#india #census #dwnews <\/p>\n<p>00:00 India conducting long-postponed population count<br \/>\n00:35 Mitali Nikore, economist and founder of the research group Nikore Associates<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has begun counting its population in the world\u2019s largest census, which will include caste enumeration for the first time in nearly a century. 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