The Ministry of Home Affairs has notified the schedule for the long-awaited <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/census-2027-maharashtras-digital-census-push-slows-as-lakhs-struggle-to-complete-online-forms-23630383" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Census of India 2027</a>.
According to the official notification issued on October 30, 2026, the house-to-house population enumeration will be conducted from January 25 to February 28, 2027, across most States and Union Territories.
&ldquo;Census in poll-bound States, Goa, UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur to be conducted later,&rdquo; the government notification stated.
The notification, issued by the Office of the Registrar General of India under the Census Act, 1948, excludes certain areas from the exercise for the time being.
These include Manipur (until further notification), Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, the Union Territory of Ladakh, the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Citizens will have the option of self-enumeration through an online portal from January 10 to January 24, 2027, ahead of the commencement of the house-to-house enumeration.
A revisional round will be conducted from March 1 to March 5, 2027, to verify and correct the recorded information. The reference date for the census has been fixed as 00:00 hours on March 1, 2027.
The last census in India was conducted in 2011.
The subsequent census, which was planned for 2021, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained pending since then.
The upcoming exercise is expected to provide <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/citizens-can-submit-household-details-online-till-may-14-door-to-door-verification-to-start-may-15-23628298" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">updated demographic data</a> after a gap of 16 years. The data will be crucial for policy planning, resource allocation and the implementation of welfare schemes.
Officials noted that snow-bound regions face accessibility challenges during winter, while States heading for elections need to focus their administrative machinery on the electoral process.
Alternative dates for the excluded areas will be announced separately. The census will cover population enumeration and is expected to form the basis for future administrative and developmental decisions.
The government has emphasised that the exercise will involve citizens through both digital self-enumeration and traditional door-to-door surveys conducted by census personnel.
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