Are you male, female or...
Express News Service
First Published : 08 Feb 2011 05:07:42 AM IST
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/are-you-male-female-or/246182.htmlHYDERABAD: Starting Wednesday, expect to be stopped in your tracks by census enumerators and asked whether or not, er, you belong to the third gender. The second stage of the world's most massive population count is scheduled to roll from February 9. The first stage measured the particulars of households in India, and the second stage will note individual details of the population.
Among the firsts in this census is the inclusion of transgenders in the count. The enumerator's work sheet will no longer class each individual as either male or female; it will have a check for those claiming a transgender identity.
The enumerators have been trained to ask the question with no sign of embarrassment and showing no bias or prejudice.
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Census 2011: Get ready to be counted
Clara Lewis, TNN, Feb 8, 2011, 06.58am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Census-2011-Get-ready-to-be-counted/articleshow/7449565.cmsMUMBAI: Starting Wednesday, an army of teachers, anganwadi sevikas, ration officers as well as civic and state government employees will go from house to house gathering details of every resident of India as part of the second and final phase of Census 2011.
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"In rural areas, where most do not know their birth dates, we will help them by asking them to remember an event close to their birth," said Deol. The column for sex includes Female, Male and Other, an acceptance of eunuchs who were otherwise classified as Male. Enumerators this time will be asking specific questions on the type of disability in families, making it the first of its kind exercise while counting heads. The importance attached to the move can be gauged from the fact that it is among the top 10 questions.
