Publication of Gazette Notification for conduct of 16th Census of India

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16062025-263858 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2616] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025/JYAISTHA 26, 1947 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (OFFICE OF REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 16th June, 2025. S.O. 2681(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), 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. 1455(E), dated the 26th March, 2019 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii), dated the 28th March, 2019, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby declares that a census of the population of India shall be taken during the year 2027. 2. The reference date for the said census shall be 00.00 hours of the 1st day of March, 2027, except for the Union territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. 3. In respect of the Union territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be 00:00 hours of the 1st day of October, 2026. [F.No: 9/8/2025- CD (Cen)] MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India