Heading towards a Billion

Heading towards a Billion S Irudaya Rajan This issue brings together some papers on the Indian Censuses and in particular the 1991 Census, Among the subjects discussed are problems of conducting the census operations and collection of data, especially at the field level, the decline in the sex ratio and in the population growth rate, the employment situation with the focus on women and work, urbanisation, and the nature of demographic transition in India.