By Admin 
On Wednesday (June 04, 2025), the central government announced to conduct the country’s eighth census. The way the census dates have been announced, a lot of people are confronting that the census or caste census is taking place, starting from 2026, then why is it being said that the census will start from 2027. The census was to be held in 2021, but now in 2027, it has been announced to conduct census, in such a situation the question is arising whether the next census will be in 2031 or 10 years after 2027.
There are many confusion, let’s understand everything one by one. First of all, we know what the central government has announced.
According to the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the notification of census will be issued on 16 June 2025 and all preparations will start from this year.
1-Census is to be completed in two phases, that is, its process will be completed in the country twice.
2- It has been decided to conduct census-2027 in two phases with the calculation of castes.
3- Union Territory of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand states will start census from 1 October 2026.
4- This time the census will be done in a digital way, so this census will take only 3 years. Meaning the census work will be completed by 2030.
5- At the time of caste census, family information will also be taken on economic basis, in which there is a raw house or a pucca house, a vehicle in the house or not information will be collected.
So you read some important information related to the announcement of the census. Let’s talk directly on the confusion.
First and biggest confusion: When will the census be held? Will there be only caste census on 1 October 2026, will it be part of the census, it is being said in the news that the census will start from 1 March 2027. What is 2026 or 2027 census or caste census?
Answer: According to Press Information Bureau, the central government has named it Census-2027. Just as we know the previous census by the name of Census 2011. The census should have been held after 10 years, but it has not happened, now the counting year 2027 of the census has been kept. Meaning the next census will now be 10 years after 2027.
-The process of census 2027 will begin on 1 October 2026 from the states of Hill States-Union Territory Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
-The counting year of the census will be 2027, the process will start in 2026.
On October 2026, the census will start with only caste census, but in that census there will be no caste calculation, such as in census and information about raw house, pakka house, car, push is taken. Just with these information, caste will also be asked.
Consider this line of Press Information Bureau-‘It has been decided to calculate the castes as well as census-2027 in two phases’. Meaning, along with the calculation of castes, that is, what should be taken and the rest of the information should also be taken, then the process that is starting in the hill states from 1 October 2026 is the proper census, just the calculation of castes has also been included in it.
Understand from another example: The last census in India was 2011, it was also done in two phases. The first phase was held from 1 April to 30 September 2010 and the second phase lasted from 09 February to 28 February 2011, but we know the last census by the name of Census 2011.
This time too, the census-2027 will start in October 2026, but the census counting year will remain 2027, just as we know the last time census as Census 2011, similarly we will know the next census by the name of Census 2027.