The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the proposal for conducting the Census of India 2027 at a cost of Rs 11,718.24 crore.

Census 2027 will be India’s first fully digital census and is planned to be conducted in two phases. The first phase, covering Houselisting and Housing Census, will take place from April to September 2026. The second phase, which involves Population Enumeration (PE), is scheduled for February 2027.

However, in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the snowbound non-synchronous areas of Jammu & Kashmir, and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Population Enumeration will be carried out in September 2026.

Workforce and Operational Structure

Approximately 30 lakh personnel, including enumerators, supervisors, master tr

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