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Agrawal, Ankush.

Numbers in India's periphery : the political economy of government statistics / Ankush Agrawal, Vikas Kumar. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2020. - xxi, 397 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction -- State and statistics -- Nagaland and numbers -- Part II. Key statistics -- Cartographic 'mess' -- Demographic somersault -- Winning censuses -- Flawed surveys -- Part III. Policy implications -- Data, development and democracy.

ISBN: 9781108486729 (hbk.)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India --Politics and government --Statistics --History --20th century.
India --Politics and government --Statistics --History --21st century.
India --Population --History --20th century.
India --Population --History --21st century.
Nāgāland (India) --Politics and government --Statistics --History --20th century.
Nāgāland (India) --Politics and government --Statistics --History --21st century.
Nāgāland (India) --Population --History --20th century.
Nāgāland (India) --Population --History --21st century.

Dewey Class. No.: 315.4 / Ag81