New Delhi, June 4 -- Population Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases along with enumeration of castes and the reference date will be March one, 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 October one, 2026. The notification for intent of conducting Population Census with the above reference dates will be published in the official gazette tentatively on June 16 as per provision of section 3 of Census Act 1948. The Census of India is conducted under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948, and the Census Rules, 1990. The last Census was conducted in 2011 in two phases--Phase I-House Listing (H...