{"id":174790,"date":"2025-12-18T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=174790"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:44:29","slug":"bathou-religion-gets-separate-census-code-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/bathou-religion-gets-separate-census-code-in-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathou Religion Gets Separate Census Code in Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a landmark move ahead of the upcoming national census, the Bathou religion, practiced by the Bodo community of Assam, has been granted a separate code\u2014a first-time recognition of its religious identity at the national level. This official acknowledgment marks a significant step toward preserving and promoting the cultural and spiritual heritage of one of Northeast India\u2019s most prominent indigenous groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Bathou religion is an ancient spiritual practice centered around the worship of nature and the five fundamental elements\u2014earth, water, fire, air, and sky.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The faith emphasizes harmonious coexistence with nature, and its rituals are deeply embedded in the Bodo people\u2019s everyday lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions for Census Enumerators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To ensure accurate documentation of religious data, the Registrar General of India has issued specific instructions to census enumerators.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enumerators are now required to record the religion exactly as stated by respondents, without altering or reclassifying them under broad categories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This protocol ensures that all minority, tribal, and regional faiths\u2014including Bathou\u2014are fairly and distinctly represented in census data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This directive was officially communicated to Sarada Prasad Mashahari, Chairman of the Bathou Traditional and Cultural Centre in Kokrajhar, a key institution advocating for the religion\u2019s recognition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark move ahead of the upcoming national census, the Bathou religion, practiced by the Bodo community of Assam, has been granted a separate code\u2014a first-time recognition of its religious identity at the national level. This official acknowledgment marks a significant step toward preserving and promoting the cultural and spiritual heritage of one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":174791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5379],"tags":[2996],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-174790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-october-2025","tag-assam-current-affairs-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174792,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174790\/revisions\/174792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174790"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=174790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}