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The Census 2027 volition besides see questions related to the duration of enactment astatine the existent residence and the crushed for migration, Lok Sabha was informed connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025).
In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that successful the Census accusation of each idiosyncratic is collected astatine the spot wherever they are recovered during the play of enumeration.
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The Minister was responding to a question from a subordinate connected whether immoderate peculiar provisions are being made for counting migrant workers and impermanent residents during the Census-2027 and whether a abstracted information postulation process is projected for the same.
The Minister said migration information is collected for each and each idiosyncratic based connected their spot of commencement and spot of past residence.
“The Census besides collects accusation connected the duration of enactment astatine the existent residence and the crushed for migration. Questionnaire for Census is notified earlier conducting tract enactment by the Central Government done the Official Gazette,” helium said.
The Census 2027 volition beryllium conducted successful 2 phases – the archetypal is the House Listing and Housing Census, betwixt April and September 2026; and the second, Population Enumeration (PE), successful February 2027.
The archetypal signifier from April to September 2026 volition beryllium conducted successful a play of 30 days successful accordance with the convenience of the State governments.
Population Enumeration volition beryllium done successful February 2027 with the notation day of 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027, but for the Union Territory of Ladakh, the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, wherever it volition beryllium done successful September 2026 with the notation day of 00:00 hours of October 1, 2026.
The workout volition beryllium integer and volition besides see caste enumeration arsenic decided by the Cabinet Committee connected Political Affairs connected April 30.
