The Vanishing Census

When government census officer Aanya Roy is sent to audit a rural Himalayan village that's gone off the grid, she expects a bureaucratic glitch. But when she arrives at Raikheda, she finds something far more chilling — an entire village abandoned, food still warm, fires still burning… and not a single soul in sight. Even stranger, the village doesn't exist on any map. No GPS coordinates. No official records. No digital trace. As Aanya digs deeper, she uncovers a pattern of disappearances going back decades — villages wiped from existence, people erased from memory, and a forbidden project known only as VANISH. Her investigation leads her into a surreal maze of conspiracy, disappearing identities, and a government department that doesn't officially exist. The closer she gets to the truth, the more her own past begins to fade. Was she sent to find Raikheda — or to forget it ever existed? The Census Vanished is a chilling, cerebral thriller that blends psychological suspense, science fiction, and a haunting mystery that questions the very nature of memory, identity, and truth in the digital age. Fans of Dark, Black Mirror, and Blake Crouch will find themselves questioning everything — even themselves.