The Ministry of Home Affairs has set to conduct the Population Census on March 1, 2027, and the government said the Census will take place in two phases, according to a notification issued today.
The government informed that March 1, 2027, is the reference date for all States and Union Territories (except Ladakh and snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand).
The Home Ministry’s notification read, “The reference date for the said census shall be 00:00 hours [12 am] of the 1st day of March, 2027, except for the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.”
It added, “In respect of the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be 00:00 hours of the 1st day of October, 2026.”
