The Government has announced Census 2027, India's first digital and caste-based population census, to be conducted in two phases from Oct 2026 to Mar 2027. It will collect comprehensive socio-economic, demographic, and caste data post-independence. This census marks a significant milestone: it will include the first nationwide caste enumeration since 1931. Notification under Section 3 of the Census Act, 1948, came out in the Gazette on Monday (June 16) with house-listing and housing enumeration running for several months before the population count begins in early 2027. The announcement Wednesday of the decision to conduct Population Census-2027 in two phases along with enumeration of castes has reopened the debate on delimitation, especially in the southern states, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin seeking an answer from the Centre and accusing it of ... In this article, we’ll discuss why the census matters, what the last reports showed, what we can expect in the next one, its timeline and methodology, and how the phases of the population...
