Anglo-Indians’ forum seeks uniform enumeration of community identity in upcoming Census
Published - August 25, 2025 04:37 pm IST - CHENNAI
Members of the Anglo-Indian community have urged the Centre to clarify the religion and caste category under which they will be enumerated in the upcoming population census, noting that their identity was erroneously recorded in the 2011 Census.
Anglo-Indians Welfare Federation of India national president Augustine Roy Rozario said the community was wrongly listed under a separate category, ‘Anglo-Indian religion,’ in the 2011 Census. He said that since 1971, Anglo-Indians had consistently been enumerated as Christians. However, in 2011, while about four lakh members were correctly recorded under the Christian religion, 296 were erroneously shown under a separate religion.
