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Explore people, places, learning, health, work, households and everyday life. Choose a subject, then follow its dated evidence, source table and measurement notes.
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Schools, teachers and facilities in India: UDISE+ 2025–26
The 2025–26 school records report 1,02,73,020 teachers, while 67.4% of schools had internet and 69.9% had computer access. These percentages describe facilities reported by schools. They do not establish that every pupil has a personal device, a reliable connection or regular access to digital lessons.
Explore →April–June 2025 survey; spending and coaching during current academic yearWhat families spend on school and coaching in India
In the April–June 2025 education survey, families reported average school expenditure of ₹2,863 per government-school student and ₹25,002 per non-government-school student during the current academic year. These are household expenditures, not the full resources spent by a school or the government. Coaching was measured separately, so the two spending categories should stay separate on comparisons.
Explore →January–December 2024; diary reference dayUnpaid housework, care and time use in India
A diary records work that employment statistics can miss. Among people aged 15–59, 92.9% of women and 30.4% of men participated in unpaid domestic services on the reference day. Among those who participated, women spent 305 minutes and men 86 minutes. These are daily survey estimates; they are not annual hours or a measure of how many people have a paid job.
Explore →January–December 2025 survey; 15-day illness/outpatient and 365-day hospitalisation/childbirth recallHealthcare use, insurance and medical spending in India
The 2025 health survey found 13.1% of people reporting an ailment during the previous 15 days. It also estimated 2.9 hospitalisation instances per 100 people in the preceding 365 days, excluding childbirth. One asks about recent self-reported illness; the other counts admission instances over a much longer window. They cannot be combined into a single rate of people needing care.
Explore →July 2020–June 2021Migration in India: who moved, and why?
Compare rural, urban, male and female migration estimates from PLFS 2020–21, keeping the stock measure and reason-for-moving denominator explicit.
Explore →Calendar years 2021–2025; 2025 provisionalTourist visits in India: activity, not resident population
A source-retained national series of domestic and foreign tourist visits, plus the named Manipur and Tamil Nadu rows, from the March 2026 parliamentary answer.
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Subjects with checked evidence display their tables. Other subjects link to an existing source guide and state the extraction still needed; research plans are never represented as published numbers.
26 subject sections
Population and geographic change
Census counts, projections, settlements and boundaries, with the geographic unit and date stated before any comparison.
Explore →Data articles & tablesDigital access, devices and internet use
Household possessions, individual experience and subscriptions are complementary but different measures.
Explore →Data articles & tablesVehicles, transport and commuting
Separate registered stock, household possession, licences and journeys to work.
Explore →Data articles & tablesJobs, employees and the labour force
Employment counts and rates depend on age, activity status, reference period and whether the denominator is people or the labour force.
Explore →Data articles & tablesBusinesses, establishments and formalisation
Surveyed establishments, registrations, workers and economic output are related but distinct ways to describe business activity.
Explore →Data articles & tablesFood habits and vegetarianism
Use actual food-frequency questions and keep age, sex, eggs and meat definitions visible.
Explore →Data articles & tablesFood budgets and consumption baskets
The cost and composition of food consumption, distinct from income, nutrition and spending only among buyers.
Explore →Data articles & tablesClothing, bedding and footwear
A careful bridge from a combined survey category to meaningful apparel and footwear questions.
Explore →Data articles & tablesHousing, tenure, rooms and condition
Distinguish households from homes and housing materials from legal title, space and affordability.
Explore →Data articles & tablesReligion and historical population composition
National and geographic composition, with all categories retained and Census 2011 boundaries visible.
Explore →Data articles & tablesLanguages and mother tongues
Language classifications and historical speaker distributions, without treating them as current fluency counts.
Explore →Data articles & tablesMigration, birthplace and changes of residence
Stocks, duration, reasons and movements require different denominators and do not all describe annual flows.
Explore →Data articles & tablesTourism, visitors and destination activity
Visits, arrivals, nights and spending describe activity; none automatically counts unique people or residents.
Explore →Data articles & tablesEducation, enrolment and skills
Institutions report students and staff; population-based education and measured skills need their own sources and denominators.
Explore →Evidence & source guideAge structure, fertility and mortality
Births, deaths, fertility, longevity and ageing use different rates, windows and population bases.
Explore →Data articles & tablesMultilingualism, literacy and communication
Differentiate mother tongue, additional languages, reading ability and the audience a service needs to reach.
Explore →Data articles & tablesMilk, eggs, fish and meat
Combine food-frequency and expenditure lenses without treating them as the same statistic.
Explore →Data articles & tablesFruit, vegetables, pulses and nutrition measures
Describe frequency and household consumption while keeping clinical and nutrient conclusions separate.
Explore →Data articles & tablesStaples, grains and food access
What consumption surveys can establish about staple baskets and the limits of using spending as food security.
Explore →Data articles & tablesRural, urban and unequal consumption
Read averages and distributions in place, with compatible categories and no invented household incomes.
Explore →Data articles & tablesDrinking-water access and service quality
Keep source classification, collection time, reliability and water quality as separate questions.
Explore →Data articles & tablesSanitation, toilets and hygiene
Facility availability, sharing and service management answer different questions about living conditions.
Explore →Data articles & tablesCooking fuels and household energy
Fuel categories, spending and the difference between a connection and actual household use.
Explore →Data articles & tablesElectricity and household appliances
Basic electricity coverage and possessions, with reliability and potential demand treated as separate evidence.
Explore →Data articles & tablesHousehold finance, women’s property and health cover
Account presence and household membership measures, with personal ownership and effective protection kept separate.
Explore →Evidence & source guidePlaces, households and practical market research
Turn evidence into clearly labeled research baselines without confusing residents, households, vehicles or buyers.
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A census counts residents at a reference date. A survey estimates a defined population group. An administrative series counts records or events. A device, household, subscription, visit and person are different units. Each section retains those distinctions.
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