The central government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Parliament) that Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will be between April and September of next year and the second in February 2027, the House was told. Responding to a query by Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the two phases will be: Phase I - House Listing and Housing Census followed by Phase II - Population Enumeration.

Rai said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday : "Population Enumeration will be done in February 2027 with reference date 00:00 hours of 1st March, 2027 except for the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States o

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