Houselisting exercise for Census during Apr-Sept

THE FIRST PHASE of Census 2027 - houselisting operations - will take place between April 1 and September 30 this year in all states and Union territories over a 30-day period specified by each state and UT, according to a government notification on Wednesday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

There will also be an option for self-enumeration to be conducted in 15 days' time period just before the start of houselisting operations, the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stated.

The decadal exercise which was scheduled to take place in 2021 got postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The mammoth exercise to give a headcount of the country's population will be conducted in two phases - houselisting and housing census from April to September 2026 and population enumeration (PE) in February 2027.