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Notices, not inferred completion

The latest Census 2027 schedule.

Reference dates, enumeration windows and revision rounds are different. The September notifications supersede parts of the earlier national summary. Dates below were checked against retained official documents on 14 October 2026.

Most of India, excluding the notified early-enumeration areas

Reference date notified; February is the earlier published national phase plan

Reference moment: 2027-03-01 · 00:00 IST
Population or houselisting enumeration: No precise window verified here
Self-enumeration: No precise window verified here
Revision round: No precise window verified here
Earlier national phase plan: February 2027; exact daily dates remain unverified here

No later precise national daily PE window verified in this research. Do not convert a month into guessed start/end dates. September notification supersedes June reference-date notification.

Updated Census 2027 reference dates Census 2027 process and original phase plan

Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and non-snow-bound areas of Uttarakhand

Future notified dates as of 14 October 2026

Reference moment: 2027-01-05 · 00:00 IST
Population or houselisting enumeration: 2026-12-01 to 2027-01-04
Self-enumeration: 2026-11-16 to 2026-11-30
Revision round: 2027-01-05 to 2027-01-09

Use this December/January programme instead of the older February-only nationwide summary.

Updated Census 2027 reference dates Early population enumeration in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and non-snow-bound Uttarakhand

Ladakh and designated snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Notified windows have elapsed; operational completion and results not confirmed

Reference moment: 2026-10-01 · 00:00 IST
Population or houselisting enumeration: 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30
Self-enumeration: 2026-08-17 to 2026-08-31
Revision round: 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-05

Snow-bound exception applies to designated areas, not every part of those three states/UT. Completion cannot be inferred from the calendar.

Ladakh and designated snow-bound area population enumeration List of snow-bound non-synchronous areas Updated Census 2027 reference dates

Houselisting and Housing Census: original national window

Phase commenced on 1 April 2026; full national completion not confirmed

Reference moment: Not a population reference-date notice
Population or houselisting enumeration: 2026-04-01 to 2026-09-30 (original window; exceptions below)
Self-enumeration: 15 days immediately before the state's/UT's 30-day field period
Revision round: No precise window verified here

HLO concerns housing and amenities, not published population totals. State windows vary; do not display a national universal 30-day period.

Census 2027 process and original phase plan First phase rollout commenced Manipur houselisting deferral Assam district houselisting extension

Manipur Houselisting and Housing Census

Deferred until further declaration

Reference moment: Not a population reference-date notice
Population or houselisting enumeration: No precise window verified here
Self-enumeration: No precise window verified here
Revision round: No precise window verified here

5 September 2026 notification excludes Manipur from the original nationwide HLO window; no replacement date verified.

Manipur houselisting deferral

Charaideo and Sivasagar districts, Assam: Houselisting and Housing Census

Notified HLO extension is still within its window as of 14 October 2026

Reference moment: Not a population reference-date notice
Population or houselisting enumeration: Extended up to 2026-10-31
Self-enumeration: No precise window verified here
Revision round: No precise window verified here

An extension of fieldwork is not a data-release date.

Assam district houselisting extension

This is a manual source check, not a live status feed. No background monitoring or later operational confirmation is implied.