1. It's not only population that Census 2011 will gauge. Being described by government officials as possibly the biggest demographic exercise in the history of mankind — involving 25 lakh census officers and 11,631 metric tonnes of paper — the latest census will also measure the usage of mobile phones & computers, reach of internet & banking services as well as availability of potable water in Indian households.
2. However, the census will avoid going into parameters such as caste and subcaste.
3. Census 2011, which gets underway on April 1, will start with President Pratibha Patil becoming the first citizen to be enumerated at 10 am, followed by Vice-President Hamid Ansari, who will get listed at 11 am.
4. The census will have two phases. The first phase involving house-listing and housing Census will be conducted between April and July, with each state/UT getting 45 days to complete it. The second phase, involving population enumeration, will be conducted simultaneously all over the country from February 9 to 28 next year.
5. India has held Censuses uninterruptedly since 1872, every 10 years, through the freedom struggle, Partition, World Wars and natural calamities.
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Friday, April 2, 2010
Importants Facts .
#Macraes Mine, in East Otago is New Zealand's largest gold mine, owned by
OceanaGold Corporation, which consists of a large scale opencast mine.
The gold bearing rocks were formed by the orogenic processes that
The gold bearing rocks were formed by the orogenic processes that
created the Otago Schist belt.
#The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa's largest producer of diamonds. It
#The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa's largest producer of diamonds. It
is situated close to the South African town of Alldays in the Limpopo
province and is located within the 360 km² Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve.
#The Treadwell gold mine was the largest mine of the Alaskan Panhandle and, in its time, the largest gold mine in the world
#The Grasberg Mine is the largest gold mine and the third largest copper mine
#The Treadwell gold mine was the largest mine of the Alaskan Panhandle and, in its time, the largest gold mine in the world
#The Grasberg Mine is the largest gold mine and the third largest copper mine
in the world. It is located in the province of Papua in Indonesia near Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in Papua, and it has 19,500 employees.
#Rabbit Lake is the second largest uranium milling facility in the western world, and is the longest operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan.
#The Catoca diamond mine is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, and is located in Angola.
#world's largest diamond mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Boteti Sub-District of Botswana about 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of the city of Francistown. Orapa ("resting place for lions") is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana. It is the oldest of four mines operated by the company, having begun operations in July 1971.Orapa is of open pit construction and is the largest diamond mine in the world by area.
#The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. The mine, located in the Mesabi Range, supplied as much as one-fourth of all the iron ore mined in the United States during its peak production years of World War I and World War II
#The Cigar Lake Mine is the largest undeveloped high grade uranium deposit in the world, located in the uranium rich Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
#Mina Proaño an underground silver mine located in central Mexico, is one of the world's largest and most profitable silver mines. The mine is located just outside the city of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; as a result the mine is also known as Mina Fresnillo
#The McArthur River mine is one of the world's largest zinc, lead and silver mines, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia.
#The largest coal mine in the US is the Black Thunder Coal Mine near Gillette, Wyoming. It produces more coal annually than many states.
#Serra Pelada (English: "Bald Mountain") was a large gold mine in Brazil 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River.
#Corta Atalaya is the largest open-pit mine in Europe and was at one time the largest in the world.[citation needed] It is located within the city limits of Minas de Riotinto in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
#Panasqueira is a one of the largest tungsten mines in the world. It is located in Castelo Branco, Portugal.
#Four Mile is a proposed uranium mine in Australia.The proposed mine is sited in the far north of the state of South Australia, around 600 kilometres (370 mi) north of the state capital, Adelaide
#Four Mile will be Australia's first new uranium mine in nearly ten years and it is claimed it will be the tenth-largest uranium mine in the world.
#Tara Mine is a zinc and lead mine near Navan, County Meath, Ireland. In the Navan ore body Tara is an underground mine where the orebody lies between 50 and 900 metres below surface.t is the largest zinc mine in Europe and the fifth largest in the world.
#Chiria is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. India's largest iron ore mine with reserves of 2,000 million tonnes of iron ore is located here. It is operated by Steel Authority of India Limited.
#The silver mines of Kongsberg, in Buskerud county in Norway, constitute the largest mining field in Norway, with over 80 different mines.
#The Climax mine, near Climax, Colorado, United States, was a major molybdenum mine.It was the largest molybdenum mine in the world.The mine is currently inactive.
#As of October 2009, the largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are the Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 60 MW), the Strasskirchen Solar Park (Germany, 54 MW), the Lieberose Photovoltaic Park (Germany, 53 MW), the Puertollano Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 50 MW), the Moura photovoltaic power station (Portugal, 46 MW), and the Waldpolenz Solar Park (Germany, 40 MW)
#Xikuangshan mine contains the world's largest deposit of antimony.It is unique in that there is a large deposit of stibnite (Sb2S3) in a layer of Devonian limestone.
#Boron is home to California's largest open-pit mine, which is also the largest borax mine in the world.
#Tanzanite is a rare gem. It is found mostly in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. The mineral is named after Tanzania, the country where it was first discovered.One of the most famous large tanzanites (242 carats) is the "Queen of Kilimanjaro"
#Asbestos is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Nicolet River.It is the site of the Jeffrey Mine, the world's largest asbestos mine, which has long been the town's largest employer.
#The Athabasca Basin is a region of Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta Canada that is
#Rabbit Lake is the second largest uranium milling facility in the western world, and is the longest operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan.
#The Catoca diamond mine is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, and is located in Angola.
#world's largest diamond mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Boteti Sub-District of Botswana about 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of the city of Francistown. Orapa ("resting place for lions") is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana. It is the oldest of four mines operated by the company, having begun operations in July 1971.Orapa is of open pit construction and is the largest diamond mine in the world by area.
#The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. The mine, located in the Mesabi Range, supplied as much as one-fourth of all the iron ore mined in the United States during its peak production years of World War I and World War II
#The Cigar Lake Mine is the largest undeveloped high grade uranium deposit in the world, located in the uranium rich Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
#Mina Proaño an underground silver mine located in central Mexico, is one of the world's largest and most profitable silver mines. The mine is located just outside the city of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; as a result the mine is also known as Mina Fresnillo
#The McArthur River mine is one of the world's largest zinc, lead and silver mines, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia.
#The largest coal mine in the US is the Black Thunder Coal Mine near Gillette, Wyoming. It produces more coal annually than many states.
#Serra Pelada (English: "Bald Mountain") was a large gold mine in Brazil 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River.
#Corta Atalaya is the largest open-pit mine in Europe and was at one time the largest in the world.[citation needed] It is located within the city limits of Minas de Riotinto in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
#Panasqueira is a one of the largest tungsten mines in the world. It is located in Castelo Branco, Portugal.
#Four Mile is a proposed uranium mine in Australia.The proposed mine is sited in the far north of the state of South Australia, around 600 kilometres (370 mi) north of the state capital, Adelaide
#Four Mile will be Australia's first new uranium mine in nearly ten years and it is claimed it will be the tenth-largest uranium mine in the world.
#Tara Mine is a zinc and lead mine near Navan, County Meath, Ireland. In the Navan ore body Tara is an underground mine where the orebody lies between 50 and 900 metres below surface.t is the largest zinc mine in Europe and the fifth largest in the world.
#Chiria is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. India's largest iron ore mine with reserves of 2,000 million tonnes of iron ore is located here. It is operated by Steel Authority of India Limited.
#The silver mines of Kongsberg, in Buskerud county in Norway, constitute the largest mining field in Norway, with over 80 different mines.
#The Climax mine, near Climax, Colorado, United States, was a major molybdenum mine.It was the largest molybdenum mine in the world.The mine is currently inactive.
#As of October 2009, the largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are the Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 60 MW), the Strasskirchen Solar Park (Germany, 54 MW), the Lieberose Photovoltaic Park (Germany, 53 MW), the Puertollano Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 50 MW), the Moura photovoltaic power station (Portugal, 46 MW), and the Waldpolenz Solar Park (Germany, 40 MW)
#Xikuangshan mine contains the world's largest deposit of antimony.It is unique in that there is a large deposit of stibnite (Sb2S3) in a layer of Devonian limestone.
#Boron is home to California's largest open-pit mine, which is also the largest borax mine in the world.
#Tanzanite is a rare gem. It is found mostly in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. The mineral is named after Tanzania, the country where it was first discovered.One of the most famous large tanzanites (242 carats) is the "Queen of Kilimanjaro"
#Asbestos is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Nicolet River.It is the site of the Jeffrey Mine, the world's largest asbestos mine, which has long been the town's largest employer.
#The Athabasca Basin is a region of Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta Canada that is
best known as the world's leading source of high grade uranium. It currently supplies about 20% of the world's uranium
#Key Lake (canada)is the site of the largest uranium mill in the world. It was initially developed as the site of open pit uranium mining at two sites: the Gaertner deposit and the Deilmann deposit. Production of original ore ceased in the late 1990s, and the Key Lake mill is currently processing uranium ore from the McArthur River mine .
#The McArthur River Uranium Mine, in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, is the
world's largest high-grade uranium deposit.
#Mir Mine also called Mirny Mine was an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia.It is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of a few incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.
#The Red Dog mine is a zinc and lead mine located in a remote region of the Arctic, within the boundaries of the Red Dog Mine census-designated place in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.The mine is the world's largest producer of zinc and has the world's largest zinc reserves
#Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province,It is the home of Nchanga Open Pit Mine, the second largest open cast mine in the world.
#Obuasi is a city in southern Ghana, lying south of Kumasi. It has a population of 115,564 (2000 census) On the railway line from Kumasi to Sekondi, it is known for its gold mine, now one of the ten largest in the world,
#Yanacocha is a gold mine in northern Peru, considered to be the second largest gold mine in the world, producing
#Bougainville Copper Ltd is an Australian copper, gold, and silver mining company that operates the Panguna open cut mine on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It was one of the world's largest open-pit mines. The Panguna mine dominated the economy of the island during the 1970s and 1980s
#Cerrejón is a coal mine located in the Guajira department in the north of Colombia. It is the largest mining operation in Colombia and among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world.
#Key Lake (canada)is the site of the largest uranium mill in the world. It was initially developed as the site of open pit uranium mining at two sites: the Gaertner deposit and the Deilmann deposit. Production of original ore ceased in the late 1990s, and the Key Lake mill is currently processing uranium ore from the McArthur River mine .
#The McArthur River Uranium Mine, in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, is the
world's largest high-grade uranium deposit.
#Mir Mine also called Mirny Mine was an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia.It is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of a few incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.
#The Red Dog mine is a zinc and lead mine located in a remote region of the Arctic, within the boundaries of the Red Dog Mine census-designated place in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.The mine is the world's largest producer of zinc and has the world's largest zinc reserves
#Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province,It is the home of Nchanga Open Pit Mine, the second largest open cast mine in the world.
#Obuasi is a city in southern Ghana, lying south of Kumasi. It has a population of 115,564 (2000 census) On the railway line from Kumasi to Sekondi, it is known for its gold mine, now one of the ten largest in the world,
#Yanacocha is a gold mine in northern Peru, considered to be the second largest gold mine in the world, producing
#Bougainville Copper Ltd is an Australian copper, gold, and silver mining company that operates the Panguna open cut mine on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It was one of the world's largest open-pit mines. The Panguna mine dominated the economy of the island during the 1970s and 1980s
#Cerrejón is a coal mine located in the Guajira department in the north of Colombia. It is the largest mining operation in Colombia and among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world.
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