The central government has announced the dates for Census 2027 across the country. The government has informed on Friday that the date of Census 2027 has been fixed between 25 January to 28 February 2027. The government has also said that census will not be held due to snowfall and in election states. Dates for these places will be released separately. Whereas, the revision round will take place from March 1 to March 5, 2027. The reference date for the census has been set at 00:00 midnight of March 1, 2027. Let us know about the important information related to this.
Census will not be held in these states yet
According to the official notification issued by the government, the census will be conducted from 25 January 2027 to 28 February 2027 in all the states and union territories of the country except Manipur (till further announcement), Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, and snow-affected areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Let us tell you that assembly elections are going to be held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur early next year.
8th census of the country
This is going to be the 8th census in the country after India’s independence. In this census, the work of listing of houses and their condition and counting of citizens will be completed in two phases. The census, which is conducted every 10 years, was scheduled to take place in the year 2021. However, the census was postponed due to the Corona epidemic. According to the information revealed, the Union Cabinet has approved Rs 11,718 crore for conducting the census. This is going to be the biggest campaign ever to count the people of the country. Let us tell you that before this Information about 40 questions asked to people in the census was also revealed.
What was the population of the country in 2011?
Before this, the last census was conducted in India in the year 2011. After this census, the population of the country came to 1.21 billion. Of these, the population of males was 62.32 crore and the population of females was 58.75 crore. At the same time, the total number of families in the country was 24.95 crore. (input language)
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