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India will include caste details in its next census

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Mahesh Shah, left, stands as his family members look while census worker Rumima Das, writes the information on a paper on the first day of the national census at Ramsingh Chapori village, east of Gauhati, India in 2010.

The count likely will lead to demands to reserve more government jobs, college admissions and elected offices for lower and intermediate castes.

(Image credit: Anupam Nath)

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