The government has announced that population census will be conducted across the country, except in snow-bound and poll-bound States from January 25, 2027 to February 28, 2027.
In a Gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday (October 30, 2026), the government said that the census will not be held in poll-bound Manipur, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, and snow-bound areas of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and J&K. The reference date for population census will be 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027, the notification said.
A Gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs reads, “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948) read with rules 6A and 6D of the Census Rules, 1990, the Central Government hereby declares that in all States and Union territories of India except the State of Manipur (till further declaration), the States of Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, the Union territory of Ladakh and the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the State of Himachal Pradesh and the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir…”
