Census: Indian govt notifies conducting population count from March 1, 2027
The
Ministry of Home Affairs
on Monday notified that the next census of India will be conducted in 2027.
The official gazette, issued on June 16, 2025, said that the census will take place under the powers conferred by section 3 of the Census Act, 1948.
According to the notification, the reference date for the census is set at 00:00 hours on March 1, 2027. However, for the
Union Territory of Ladakh
and the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 00:00 hours on October 1, 2026.
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This follows the earlier notification issued in 2019 and published in the
Gazette of India
, which had set the framework for the 2021 census but was later deferred.
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