New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- The Centre on Friday approved the conduct of the Census of India 2027, clearing the country's largest administrative and statistical exercise after a prolonged gap. The Census will be conducted in two phases:house-listing and housing census from April to September 2026; and population enumeration (PE) in February 2027.

For Ladakh and snow-bound, non-synchronous areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, PE will be conducted in September 2026. "The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to conduct the Census, which will be the first digital exercise of its kind," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw briefed the media.

The Cabinet,...