Census 2027: Population enumeration from Jan 25-Feb 28 2027; poll-bound, snow-bound areas excluded

NewsIndia NewsCensus 2027: Population enumeration from Jan 25-Feb 28 2027; poll-bound, snow-bound areas excluded Census 2027: Population enumeration from Jan 25-Feb 28 2027; poll-bound, snow-bound areas excluded Edited by Kanchan Yadav / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Oct 30, 2026, 21:22 IST The enumeration will not be conducted in poll bound or in the snow-bound areas.

(Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI: Population enumeration for the 2027 Census will be conducted across most of India from January 25 to February 28, 2027, with poll-bound states and snow-bound regions excluded from the schedule, the government announced on Friday.According to a notification issued by Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner, the reference date for the census will be midnight on March 1, 2027, PTI reported.The enumeration will not be conducted during this period in Manipur, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Ladakh, or in the snow-bound, non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.The schedule for Manipur will be announced separately.

A revisional round will be held from March 1 to March 5, 2027.The government will also offer a self-enumeration option from January 10 to January 24, ahead of the house-to-house population count.Assembly elections are due in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur early next year.Census 2027: Two phasesThe 2027 Census, the eighth since Independence, will be conducted in two phases: house listing and housing census, followed by population enumeration.The decennial exercise was originally scheduled for 2021 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Union Cabinet has approved Rs 11,718 crore for conducting the census.The Registrar General of India had announced last month that house-listing operations for Census 2027 in Manipur had been deferred.The census is a nationwide exercise to collect, compile and analyse information about the population and its demographic, social and economic characteristics.Join conversation InsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig Development Get the latest India News and Live updates.

Download the TOI app. Kanchan Yadav is a writer at The Times of India, where she covers business, politics, international affairs and social issues. Her reporting also focuses on policy, governance and economic developments, with a close lens on how decisions in corridors of power affect everyday lives and community well-being.

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