Lok Sabha Question No. 1382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Population Census-2027
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Prof. Sougata Ray, Shri Mukesh Rajput, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Shri Arun Govil, Shri Anurag Sharma, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Rodmal Nagar, Shri Tejasvi Surya, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Alok Sharma, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Shri Praveen Patel, Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Ms. Bansuri Swaraj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1382

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2025/ SRAVANA 7, 1947 (SAKA)

## POPULATION CENSUS-2027

## †1382. DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SMT. MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

SHRI ARUN GOVIL:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRI BASAVARAJ BOMMAI:

DR. K SUDHAKAR:

SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

MS. BANSURI SWARAJ:

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:

SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to conduct Population Census2027 in two phases and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the scheduled reference dates for the Population Census-2027 across different regions of the country;

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1382 FOR 29.07.2025

- (c) the estimated financial outlay allocated for conducting the Population Census-2027 and updating the National Population Register;
- (d) whether the Government notified the intention to conduct the National Population Register (NPR) update prior to the Census-2027;
- (e) if so, the proposed timeline fixed in this regard; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  notified  the  intention  to  conduct  the House-listing and Housing Census and National Population Register (NPR) update prior to the Census-2027 and if so, the time by which it has been completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a): The Government of India has notified its intent to conduct Census in the  Gazette  on  16th June,2025.  The  Census  will  be  conducted  in  two phases. In phase one i.e. houselisting and housing Census, the housing conditions,  assets  and  amenities  of  each  household  will  be  collected. Subsequently, in second phase i.e. Population Enumeration, the demographic, socio-economic, cultural and other details of every person in each household will be collected. In Census Caste enumeration will also be done.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1382 FOR 29.07.2025

(b): The reference date for the said census shall be 00.00 hours of the 1st  day  of  March,  2027  (For  UT  of  Ladakh  and  snow-bound  nonsynchronous areas of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal  Pradesh  and  Uttarakhand,  the  reference  date  shall  be  00:00 hours of the 1st day of October, 2026).

(c): The  estimated  financial  outlay  for  conducting  Census  is  under finalization

(d),  (e)  &  (f):      No  decision  has  been  taken  to  update  the  National Population Register. The intent to conduct Census has been notified. The period of conducting houselisting and housing Census will be notified in due course.

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