Manipur’s population conundrum

Agrawal, Ankush and Kumar, Vikas (2020) Manipur’s population conundrum. Economic and Political Weekly, 55 (48). pp. 48-56. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

This paper examines Manipur’s census statistics for the period between 1991 and 2011. It argues that conventional demographic factors cannot explain the abnormal population growth rates reported in parts of northern Manipur, and that the abnormalities in the headcount are instead associated with competition for seats in the state legislative assembly. Manipur’s experience is used to draw attention to systemic problems related to the inadequacy of metadata supplied by the census, lack of guidelines for correction of census data, impact of political interference on data quality, and cascading effect of errors in fundamental statistics, such as headcount, on other government statistics.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Agrawal, Ankush and Kumar, Vikas
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Manipur, Manipur Legislative Assembly, population statistics, demographic change, Hill Areas Committee, Sixth Schedule
Subjects:	Social sciences > Social problems & services Public Health
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7459
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/48/special-article...

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