How do you access CRS data?

CRS is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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CRS

Civil Registration System Vital Statistics

Name: Civil Registration System Vital Statistics
Creator: ORGI / Census of India

CRS vital statistics are used to study registered births and deaths and civil-registration completeness.

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demographics health

Host / institution

ORGI / Census · ORGI / Census of India

Geography

India, state

Time coverage

Annual registration outputs

Update frequency

Annual

What this is best for

Civil registration completeness and vital-statistics benchmarks

Main limitations

Registration completeness uneven across states

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is CRS used for?: Civil registration completeness and vital-statistics benchmarks
How do you access CRS data?: CRS is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does CRS cover?: Geography: India, state. Time coverage: Annual registration outputs.
What are the main limitations of CRS?: Registration completeness uneven across states

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

1 link

ReportCivil Registration System reports (ORGI)censusindia.gov.in/

Variables4

Live-fetch blocked/unavailable (skip recorded 2026-07-09); representative fields from catalog host materials — confirm on official portal. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Sourced from live host documentation

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Name / code	Description	Group
registered births	Registered births	Source fields
registered deaths	Registered deaths	Source fields
infant deaths	Infant deaths	Source fields
sex ratios	Sex ratios	Source fields

Formats

PDF

Technical tags

PDF reportannual

Example uses

Birth registration and sex-ratio monitoring

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Daniel Dicker, Grant Nguyen, Degu Abate · et al. · The Lancet · 2018
Analyzes CRS data in the context of: "Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
Health transition in Brazil: regional variations and divergence/convergence in mortality
Gabriel Mendes Borges · Cadernos de Saúde Pública · 2017
Analyzes CRS data in the context of: "Health transition in Brazil: regional variations and divergence/convergence in mortality".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
The civil registration system is a potentially viable data source for reliable subnational mortality measurement in India
Chalapati Rao, Mamta Gupta · BMJ Global Health · 2020
Analyzes CRS data in the context of: "The civil registration system is a potentially viable data source for reliable subnational mortality measurement in India".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

Open access portal

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.