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Centre announces plans to conduct Census 2027 in two phases
The Daily Guardian
|December 03, 2025
The Government of India has announced plans to conduct the Census in 2027, with the intent notified in the Gazette on June 16, 2025.
The Census will be conducted in two phases: Phase I - House Listing and Housing Census, scheduled from April to September 2026, and Phase II - Population Enumeration, set for February 2027.
The Population Enumeration will reference March 1, 2027, except for certain regions like Ladakh and snowbound areas, where it will be conducted in September 2026.
Notably, caste enumeration will be included, as per the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs’ decision on April 30, 2025.
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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