India, Sept. 4 -- The first part of this series looked at the key numbers from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) results. The larger question, however, remains. What exactly is driving these results? A definite answer is not easy, especially because India's last published census figures, from 2011, are now obsolete. The concluding part of this series will try to juxtapose some numbers and arrive at possible explanations.

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