India set to conduct its New Census in 2026-27
- finminati
- Jun 18
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 28
18 June 2025, Wednesday
The Indian government has announced plans to conduct the latest census in 2026-27. This census would also include the caste census.
Read more about the details of the 2027 census, the importance of the census, how the census is conducted, and what is new about this census on FINMINATI.
The new, 16th Census of India, will take place in two phases:
1 October 2026 - for snow-bound and remote regions such as Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand
1 March 2027 - rest of the country
The last census was held in 2011, whilst the next was to be held in 2021, but it had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Importance of Census:
Census helps to get numerical and qualitative data regarding the country’s population.
It is a crucial source of demographic, social, and economic data.
This data is then useful for:
Determine Electoral Constituencies
Determine seats for SC / ST.
Planning and implementation of education, healthcare, welfare and infrastructure policies.
Understand trends in migration, urbanisation, employment and family structure.
How is the Census conducted?
People conducting the census:
30 lakh enumerators, primarily school teachers
1,20,000 functionaries at the district and sub-district levels who manage, oversee or support the Census work
46,000 trainers required to conduct the training of enumerators
The process is carried out in two broad phases:
House-listing and Housing Census: Every structure in the country is visited to record its characteristics like use of building (residential / commercial), materials used in construction, number of rooms, ownership status, access to amenities etc.
Population Enumeration: Focuses on individual data: name, age, sex, date of birth, relationship to the head of household, marital status, education, occupation, religion, caste/tribe, disability status, and migration history.
What is new?
This would be the 1st caste census since 1931.
This would also be the 1st Digital Census of India:
online self-enumeration
use of mobile apps by enumerators - would reduce errors due to handwriting and lead to more standardised data
Use of GPS to avoid coverage gaps
near-real-time monitoring
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