Big news: Census will be held in two phases in India, government notification, know details

The census in India will be held in two phases and the central government has issued a notification regarding this. Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that the census of India’s population will be done during the year 2027. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification related to census and ethnic census under the Census Act, 1948 on Monday. Although the census in India takes place after every 10 years, but the census was postponing due to the corona epidemic, but now after the notification is released, it has been cleared that the census work will start soon. The next census will be held in 2035.

Learn everything about census in 10 points

1. This time the census process will be in two phases, the first phase of which will be completed by 1 October 2026, while the second and final phase will be completed by 1 March 2027 and one March 2027 will be considered as a reference date, that is, whatever data of population and social status of the country will be recorded at that time, the same will be recorded in records and then these figures will be made public, which you will also know.

2. The census process in hilly states like Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand will be completed by other states by October 2026. The reason for this is the weather and cold, October 1, 2026 for these states will be considered as a reference date.
   
3. The entire process of census will end by 1 March 2027, that is, the entire process will be completed in about 21 months.
   
4. After this, the primary data of the census will be released in March 2027, while the release of detail data will take till December 2027.
   
5. After this, a series of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats will start by 2028, during which 33 percent reservation for women can also be implemented. That is, the picture of reservation for women before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections can be clear.

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