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Why Is Ladakh Doing a Big People Count? 📋

The government will ask about forty different things to understand families better.

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Key Points

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Around forty questions will be on the counting form.

Ladakh leads India's first detailed count of castes.

Defence (army) locations will be recorded manually.

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Ladakh will be the first area to count social groups called castes.

Information about army places will be written down on paper.

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5 words

census

A nationwide survey that asks people about their lives.

Ladakh

A region high in the mountains in northern India.

caste

Groups people belong to based on family and tradition.

enumeration

The act of counting each item or person.

defence structures

Buildings or sites used by the military for protection.

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