Ministry of Home Affairs Office of the Registrar General, India

Publication of Gazette Notification for period of houselisting operations of Census of India, 2027

Issue Date: 07 January 2026 Published: 07 January 2026

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-07012026-269171 Download PDF

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Core Purpose

The Central Government declares the dates and modalities for the houselisting operations of the Census of India 2027, superseding a previous notification.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of Registrar General, India) issued Notification S.O. 99(E) on January 7, 2026. In exercise of powers conferred by section 3 and section 17A of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), read with rules 6A and 6D of the Census Rules, 1990, and superseding notification S.O. 119(E) dated January 7, 2020 (published January 9, 2020), the Central Government declared the houselisting operations for the Census of India 2027. These operations shall take place between April 1, 2026, and September 30, 2026, in all States and Union territories in India, for a period of thirty days specified by each State and Union territory. Additionally, there will be an option for self-enumeration, to be conducted in a fifteen-day period immediately preceding the start of the thirty-day house-to-house houselisting operations. The notification was signed by Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, Registrar General and Census Commissioner.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-07012026-269171 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 89] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026/PAUSHA 17, 1947 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Office Of Registrar General, India) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th January, 2026 S.O. 99(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 and section 17A of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948) read with rules 6A and 6D of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of the Registrar General, India) number S.O. 119(E), dated the 7th January, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 9th January, 2020, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby declares that the houselisting operations of the Census of India 2027 shall take place between 1st April, 2026 and 30th September, 2026 in all States and Union territories in India during the period of thirty days specified by each State and Union territory. There shall also be an option for self- enumeration which shall be conducted in fifteen days' time period just before the start of house to house houselisting operations of thirty days. [F. No: 9/8/2025- CD (Cen)] MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN, Registrar General and Census Commissioner

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