New Delhi, June 5 -- It has been decided to conduct the Population Census-2027 in two phases along with the enumeration of castes. The reference date for the Population Census - 2027 will be 00:00 hours of the first day of March, 2027. For the Union Territory of Ladakh and the non-synchronous snow-bound areas of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 00.00 hours of the first day of October, 2026. The notification for theintent of conducting the Population Census with the above reference dates will be published in the official gazette tentatively on 16.06.2025, as per provisions of section 3 of the Census Act 1948.

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