Government issued notification, know full details(notification

Delhi: Census will be done in India in two phases and the central government has issued a notification    (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 caste census under the Census Act, 1948. Although the census is done in India every 10 years, but due to the corona epidemic, the census was being postponed, but now after the notification is issued, it has become clear that the census work will start soon. The next census will be conducted in 2035.

Know everything about the census in 10 points

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

In hilly states like Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand, the census process will be completed by October 2026 before other states. The reason for this is the weather and cold here, October 1, 2026 will be considered as the reference date for these states.

The entire process of census will be completed by March 1, 2027, that is, the entire process will be completed in about 21 months.

After this, the primary data of the census will be released in March 2027, while it will take till December 2027 to release the detailed data.

After this, the systematic delimitation 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 can be clear before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

Now you must be wondering how the census is done, so before the census, a proforma is prepared, which contains questionnaires for housing census and population census.

Questions related to caste and religion can also be included in this census. About 34 lakh employees will participate in this census, who will be trained.

New columns and menus for caste, sub-caste and OBC will be included in the software for digital calculation.

During the process of housing census, a list of houses is prepared and information related to residential condition, facilities, and property is collected. In this process, supervisors go door-to-door and ask questions.

This time 30 questions can be asked in the census, which will include name, age, gender, date of birth, marital status, education, employment, religion, caste and sub-sect, relationship with the head of the family, residential status and migration related questions.