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The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for conducting Census of India 2027 at a cost of Rs 11,718.24 crore.
Census in Kerala from June 16 to July 30.
The Indian government informed the Rajya Sabha that questions related to caste will be finalised and notified before the second phase of Census 2027.
The second phase, Population Enumeration, will be held in February 2027, with March 1, 2027, fixed as the reference date.
District Collectors have been appointed as Principal Census Officers for the pre-test.
Until 2011, Census data were recorded on paper and later digitised — a process that was both time-consuming and prone to errors. The 2027 Census will be entirely digital.
Citizens will also have the opportunity to submit their information themselves via the web portal during the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) and the Population Enumeration (PE) phases.
The census will use October 1, 2026, as the official reference date for snow-covered areas in the country.
Last population census was held in 2011.
The first phase of this decade's census was expected to begin on April 1, 2020 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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