The Census Commissioners from 1881 Census to 1941 Census and thereafter Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India from 1949 onwards are shown below:

Census Commissioners, India
Year	Name of the Commissioners
1881	W. W. Plowden
1891	J. A. Bains
1901	H. H. Risley & E. A. Gait
1911	E. A. Gait
1921	J. T. Marten
1931	J. H. Hutton
1941	M. W. M. Yeatts
Registrar General and Census Commissioners, India
Year	Name of the Commissioners
1949 -	M W M Yeatts
1949 - 1953	R. A. Gopalaswami
1958 - 1968	Asok Mitra
1968 - 1973	A. Chandra Sekhar
1973 - 1977	R. B. Chari
1977 - 1983	P. Padmanabha
1989 - 1994	A. R. Nanda
1994 - 1999	Dr. M. Vijayanunni
1999 - 2004	J. K. Banthia
2004 - 2009	D.K. Sikri
2009-	Dr. C. Chandramouli

 

           The Census Orgnization of India- a family of 33 Nos. Directorate of Census Operations working under the aegis of its Headquarter - Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi