The Census 2027 population enumeration will occur in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and parts of Uttarakhand from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. This announcement was made by the Registrar General of India on Saturday. The timing of the census is significant, as it precedes elections expected in these states early next year.
The population enumeration for the remaining country is likely to begin in February next year, barring snow-bound regions
In a gazette notification, the Registrar General of India (RGI) and Census Commissioner of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan said the citizens in these areas can avail the option for self-enumeration from November 16 to November 30, 2026. The population enumeration in Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand would take place from September 1 to 30, according to a gazette notification issued last month. In June last year, the government had announced the Census reference date for the country, except for Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to be 00.00 hours of March 1, 2027. The central government has also deferred the house-listing operations for Census 2027 for Manipur, another notification issued by RGI on Saturday said.
“The conduct of the Census of the population shall be undertaken in the States of Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and areas other than snow-bound areas of the State of Uttarakhand, from 1st December, 2026 to 4th January, 2027 with a revisional round from 5th January, 2027 to 9th January, 2027,” the notification said. “For the Union territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be 00:00 hours of the 1st day of October, 2026,” it said. A wide range of government servants, primarily teachers, are engaged in the Census exercise and elections, which makes it difficult to conduct the two exercises simultaneously, an official said.
