Centre Issues Notification for India's 16th Census in 2027

Exercise expected to cost Rs 13,000 crore, will be done by 34 lakh supervisors and enumerators

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Sixteen years after the last census in 2011, the government on Monday issued a notification for conducting India's 16th census, which will include caste enumeration in 2027.

The census will be carried out with a reference date of October 1, 2026, in the snow-bound areas like Ladakh and March 1, 2027, in the rest of the country, the notification said.