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Nov 16, 2025
India's Demographic Time Bomb: Why the next Census may redraw the Political Map and reignite the North-South divide
India, now the world’s most populous country, is finally gearing up for its long-delayed decadal Population Census, to be completed by March 2027. Yet this is far more than a routine population count. Postponed since 2021, the nation’s first fully digital census carries extraordinary political stakes, its findings are constitutionally bound to shape the upcoming and potentially contentious Delimitation of Parliament seats, an exercise that could redefine the country’s political landscape.