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| What was the speciality of the 1901 census, and who supervised this process of enumeration? |
The first census in which the category of transgenders was included, Supervised by Lord Willington The first census in which the caste of the respondent was added as a question. It was supervised by Herbert Risley. The first census in which religion was one the basis for collecting population data. It was supervised by lord Wesley A census which was never completed and supervised by Lord Huntington. |
| The first census in which the caste of the respondent was added as a question. It was supervised by Herbert Risley. |
| The 1901 Census under the direction of Herbert Risley was particularly important as it sought to collect information on the social hierarchy of caste – i.e., the social order of precedence in particular regions, as to the position of each caste in the rank order. |
