{
  "id": 17263873,
  "title": "Census 2027 Dates Announced In New Delhi, Door-To-Door Survey From January 25; Online Self-Enumeration Starts January 10",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/census-2027-dates-announced-in-new-delhi-door-to-door-survey-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T17:30:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/census-2027-dates-announced-in-new-delhi-door-to-door-survey-from-january-25-online-self-enumeration-starts-january-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Delhi, October 30, 2026 - The Ministry of Home Affairs has released the schedule for the upcoming Census of India 2027, which will take place between January 25 and February 28, 2027, with a few exceptions. Door-to-door population enumeration will be conducted across most states and Union Territories, while self-enumeration will be available online from January 10 to January 24. A revisional round will be held from March 1 to March 5 to verify and correct recorded information. The reference date for the census is set as March 1, 2027, at 00:00 hours.\n\nCertain states and regions, including Manipur, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, will not be included in the census for the time being. The government has cited accessibility challenges in snow-bound regions during winter and the need for administrative focus on elections in certain states as reasons for excluding these areas.\n\nThe last census in India was conducted in 2011, with the subsequent census planned for 2021 postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upcoming census is expected to provide updated demographic data after a 16-year gap, which will be crucial for policy planning, resource allocation, and welfare schemes. The census will cover population enumeration and will be conducted through both digital self-enumeration and traditional door-to-door surveys by census personnel.",
  "summary": "New Delhi, Oct 30: The Ministry of Home Affairs has notified the schedule for the long-awaited Census of India 2027. 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. “Census in poll-bound states, Goa, UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}