Vikas Kumar is Associate Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. His research interests are applied game theory, political economy, law and economics, and the economics of religion.

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• List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Timelines; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Introduction: 1. Debating Numbers; Part II. Counting People: 2. Counting amidst Uncertainty; 3. Inventing Boys and Miscounting Tribes and Languages; Part III. Context: 4. Anxious Majorities; 5. The Limits of Law; 6. Growth as Well-Being; Part IV. Reforms: 7. Reinventing the Census; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Vikas Kumar is Associate Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. His research interests are applied game theory, political economy, law and economics, and the economics of religion.

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• List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Timelines; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Introduction: 1. Debating Numbers; Part II. Counting People: 2. Counting amidst Uncertainty; 3. Inventing Boys and Miscounting Tribes and Languages; Part III. Context: 4. Anxious Majorities; 5. The Limits of Law; 6. Growth as Well-Being; Part IV. Reforms: 7. Reinventing the Census; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Vikas Kumar is Associate Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. His research interests are applied game theory, political economy, law and economics, and the economics of religion.

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• List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Timelines; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Introduction: 1. Debating Numbers; Part II. Counting People: 2. Counting amidst Uncertainty; 3. Inventing Boys and Miscounting Tribes and Languages; Part III. Context: 4. Anxious Majorities; 5. The Limits of Law; 6. Growth as Well-Being; Part IV. Reforms: 7. Reinventing the Census; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.