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India Sets Schedule for 2027 Population Census

The Gazette notification gives statutory backing for a staged census that aims to ease field work in areas affected by elections or severe weather.

The MHA notification mentioned that optional self-enumeration for the census will be held between January 10, 2027 to January 24, 2027 and the revisional round for the census between from March 1, 207 to March 5, 2027. File
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Overview

  • The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a Gazette notification formalizing the 2027 census timetable and fixing a reference date for population counts.
  • The census will include an optional self‑enumeration phase that lets households submit their information in advance of field visits.
  • A nationwide main enumeration will be followed by a short revisional round to reconcile and correct counts after the reference date.
  • The notification exempts several poll‑bound and snow‑bound States and Union territories from the January–February field window and leaves Manipur out until further declaration.
  • The order invokes powers under the Census Act, 1948 and Census Rules, 1990, which could speed administrative planning but may delay counts or adjustments in areas kept out of the main round.