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Key Points

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Teachers from any school are now allowed to be census workers.

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Clerks and officials from government offices, banks, and companies can also help.

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State and Union Territory leaders can add any suitable person they think is right.

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The goal is to have a bigger team to get a better count of everyone.

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Summary

Census workers go door‑to‑door to write down how many people live in each house.

More people helping means the count will be more accurate for planning schools, roads and hospitals.

Each state can also decide who else can join the counting team.

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New Words to Learn

7 words
enumerators
people who count everyone in a community, called census workers
eligibility
who is allowed to do a particular job
administration
the group of people who manage or run something
demographic
details about people like age, gender, and where they live
Union Territories
places that are run directly by the national government
public sector undertakings
businesses owned by the government
statutory bodies
official groups set up by law to do specific jobs
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