The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will propose a Census 2027 tableau for the Republic Day parade next year as part of its public outreach campaign for the largest administrative exercise in the world, according to an official circular issued by the registrar general of India (RGI Mritunjay Kumar Narayan.
These questions seek parental details, employment details, and personal details such as passport, Aadhaar, voter ID, driving licence and mobile numbers. Census officials at the state and district level have also been asked to organise region-specific campaigns such as school and college competitions, rallies, marathons and performances by folk artists, and campaigns at government offices, hospitals, bus terminals and railway stations. Local officials have also been asked to use wall paintings in local languages, arrange announcements through municipal waste-collection vehicles and paste Census stickers carrying enumeration dates on household LPG cylinders and utility bills.
The second phase was conducted in August in Ladakh and the snow-bound, non-synchronous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and will be held from December 1, 2026 to January 4, 2027 for poll-bound Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The home ministry has notified 40 questions that every household must answer, 11 more than in 2011.
The first phase of house-listing operations, which covered the housing conditions, assets, and amenities of each household, was completed earlier this year.
