Hyderabad: The central government has finalised the dates for the 2027 Census across the country. Enumeration will run from January 25 to February 28, 2027. People can self-enumerate from January 10 to 24, and a re-examination process will follow from March 1 to 5 once the census is complete.
The Telangana government on Monday ordered the republication of the notification issued by the Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner under the Union Home Ministry. The notification will appear in the Telangana State Gazette. The General Administration Department ordered its publication in the Telangana Extraordinary Gazette on November 10.
Self-enumeration lets people register their details themselves from January 10 to 24, 2027, before the door-to-door survey starts. The census itself will then run from January 25 to February 28. The reference date is 12 midnight (00:00 hours) on March 1, and officials will treat that date as the standard for collecting census details.
Some states and regions exempted from the schedule
According to the Centre’s notification, Manipur (till further announcement), Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand are exempt from this schedule. So are the Union Territory of Ladakh and the snow-affected areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The census will take place in the remaining states and union territories on the announced dates.
State Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju has instructed the Collectors, Chief Census Officers and heads of relevant departments to make the necessary arrangements for the census in Telangana.