India, Aug. 14 -- In addition to caste details, the Census will, for the first time, collect personal information such as the total number of bank accounts held by individuals, along with their mobile number, Aadhaar number, voter ID number, passport number and driving licence status, according to the 40 questions notified by the Registrar General of India on Friday.

The questionnaires from previous Censuses, from 1872 to 2011, available on the Census Department's website, do not include questions seeking details of such documents held by respondents.

Traditionally, the Census collected information on whether the respondent belongs to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe category. However, the upcoming decadal exercise will collect ca...