Census 2027 will begin today; India’s population count goes digital for first time

Delhi: The first phase of Census 2027 will begin today. India will be the largest country in the world and it will be conducted digitally for the first time. It is India’s 16th Census and eighth after Independence. For the first time, the option of self-enumeration will also be available.

Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases. Phase one House Listing and Housing Census popularly known as HLO during six months from April to September, 2026 in a period of 30 days. As per the convenience of the State/UT governments along with option of Self-enumeration of 15 days period just before the 30 days period of house-to-house houselisting work.

Phase II-Population Enumeration (PE) will be conducted during February 2027 (UT of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh Phase II will be conducted during September 2026).