New Delhi: The Centre has announced January 25 to February 28, 2027, as the period for conducting the next Census across most States and Union territories, with a provision for self-enumeration beginning January 10, according to a Gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The notification said the population enumeration would be conducted from January 25 to February 28, 2027, followed by a revisional round from March 1 to 5.
Citizens will also have the option of self-enumeration from January 10 to 24, immediately before the commencement of the house-to-house population count.
The reference date for the Census will be midnight (00:00 hours) of March 1, 2027.
The notification, issued under Section 3 of the Census Act, 1948, read with Rules 6A and 6D of the Census Rules, 1990, applies to all States and Union territories except Manipur, until further declaration.
The specified exclusions also include Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, besides the Union territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
