Kathmandu, 11 November: the 12th national census has kicked off today. The census was started by taking detailed information from President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Around 40 thousand information collectors and 850 supervisors have been deployed for conducting population census nationwide. The census will be completed by 25 November, according to the Department of Statistics. The Department has informed that it will conduct the census in India occupied Kalapani-Limpiyadhura-Lippulekh territory by using different sources as India may not allow conducting census at physical presence of the census collectors.  People’s News Monitoring Service