India prepares to conduct postponed census
The count will take place in two phases and will conclude on 1st March 2027, the reference date for the census.
India last conducted a population census in 2011 and had been due to conduct its next census in two stages in 2020 and 2021, but the count was postponed due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
For the Union Territory of Ladakh and the snow-bound areas of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 1st October 2026.
The census will also collect data on caste, according to a statement announcing the census from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
India has not conducted nationwide caste enumeration since the last census under British rule in the country.
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