Jun 15, 2025 09:18 PM IST

This census is the sixteenth census since starting and eighth after Independence, an official assertion stated.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the preparation for the forthcoming census with Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and different senior officers right here.

Home minister Amit Shah reviewed the preparation for the forthcoming census with the Union dwelling secretary, Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India. (PTI)

India’s sixteenth census with caste enumeration will likely be carried out in 2027 with the reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and of March 1, 2027 in the remainder of the nation.

The notification to conduct the census will likely be printed in official gazette on Monday, an official assertion stated.

The dwelling minister reviewed the preparation for the forthcoming census with the Union dwelling secretary, Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan and different senior officers right here, it stated.

The census will likely be carried out in two phases. In section one i.e. Houselisting Operation (HLO), the housing situations, belongings and facilities of every family will likely be collected.

Subsequently, in second section i.e. Population Enumeration (PE), the demographic, socio-economic, cultural and different particulars of each particular person in every family will likely be collected.

In the census, caste enumeration may also be achieved, the assertion stated.

For census actions, about 34 lakh enumerators and supervisors and round 1.3 lakh census functionaries could be deployed.

This census is the sixteenth census since starting and eighth after Independence, the assertion stated.

The ensuing census will likely be carried out via digital means utilizing cellular purposes. Provision of self-enumeration would even be made out there to the individuals.

Very stringent knowledge safety measures could be stored in place to make sure knowledge safety on the time of assortment, transmission and storage, the assertion stated.

The reference date for Population Census – 2027 will likely be 00:00 hours of the primary day of March 2027.

For the Union Territory of Ladakh and the non-synchronous snow-bound areas of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date will likely be 00.00 hours of the primary day of October 2026.

This census will likely be carried out after 16 years because the final one was achieved in 2011.