New Delhi: A top official announced Thursday that the pre-test exercise for the first phase of the Population Census 2027 will be conducted in select sample areas across all states and Union Territories from November 10-30, 2025.

In a gazette notification, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan, said an option for self-enumeration will also be available from November 1-7.

The pre-test exercise tests the efficacy of the Census to be conducted between April 1, 2026, and February 28, 2027, in two phases — Houselisting and Housing Schedule (HLO), and Population Enumeration.

It will be the first digital census, which will also enumerate the caste of the citizens.

During the test phase, all aspects of the mammoth exercise, ranging from questions, data co

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