NEW DELHI, June 5 -- India's 16th Census with caste enumeration will be carried out in 2027 with the reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and of March 1, 2027 in the rest of the country.
It has been decided to conduct Population Census-2027 in two phases along with the enumeration of castes, it said.
"The reference date for 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 states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 00.00 hours of the first day of October 2026," the ministry said in a statement.
The notification for the intent of conducting the P...