New Delhi, March 31 -- Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, addressed a Press Conference on Census-2027, in New Delhi . The World's largest census to be conducted in two phases, first phase to begin from 1

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April 2026. For the first time, the Census will be conducted digitally, and for the first time, the option of Self-Enumeration will also be available. Self-enumeration from 1st to 15th April and House Listing and Housing Census from 16th April to 15th May 2026 to be conducted in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, NDMC and Delhi Cantonment Board, Goa, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, and Sikkim.

Census of India is conducted under provisions of Census Act, 1948, Census Rules, 1990 as amended f...